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2013
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Domestic entanglements involving a family of opposites set the stage for a distinctly French mix of romance and pratfalls in the breezy situational comedy, <strong>IT HAPPENED IN SAINT-TROPEZ</strong>.
The film opens with a wedding and a funeral, as well as an extreme case of sibling rivalry between austere religious violinist Zef (Éric Elmosnino) and his brother Roni (Kad Merad), a lapsed Jew and hedonistic gem mogul. Just as Roni and his Italian trophy wife (Monica Bellucci) are about to marry off daughter Melita (Clara Ponsot) in Paris, Zef's wife is killed while crossing a Manhattan street for a pastrami sandwich, bringing everyone together in a macabre bit of unfortunate timing. Meantime, on a train ride to her mother's funeral, Zef's soulful musician daughter Noga (Lou de Laâge), unknowingly falls for her cousin's groom Sam (Max Boubil). The family is held together only by its cornball aging patriarch (Ivry Gitlis), while a string of mix-ups and betrayals test brotherly bonds and those of their respective daughters.
Featuring picturesque Gallic locales and a playful ensemble, <strong>IT HAPPENED IN SAINT-TROPEZ</strong> is a veritable chocolate box of family dysfunction.
The film opens with a wedding and a funeral, as well as an extreme case of sibling rivalry between austere religious violinist Zef (Éric Elmosnino) and his brother Roni (Kad Merad), a lapsed Jew and hedonistic gem mogul. Just as Roni and his Italian trophy wife (Monica Bellucci) are about to marry off daughter Melita (Clara Ponsot) in Paris, Zef's wife is killed while crossing a Manhattan street for a pastrami sandwich, bringing everyone together in a macabre bit of unfortunate timing. Meantime, on a train ride to her mother's funeral, Zef's soulful musician daughter Noga (Lou de Laâge), unknowingly falls for her cousin's groom Sam (Max Boubil). The family is held together only by its cornball aging patriarch (Ivry Gitlis), while a string of mix-ups and betrayals test brotherly bonds and those of their respective daughters.
Featuring picturesque Gallic locales and a playful ensemble, <strong>IT HAPPENED IN SAINT-TROPEZ</strong> is a veritable chocolate box of family dysfunction.
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