Directed by:
Claude LelouchCinematography:
Robert AlazrakiComposer:
Francis LaiCast:
Jean Dujardin, Christopher Lambert, Kalki Koechlin, Alice Pol, Elsa Zylberstein, Venantino Venantini, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Rahul Vohra (more)Plots(1)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist) plays the charming, rakish Antoine. A successful film composer in Paris, he leaves his latest lover behind when he jets off to India to work on a new film. On his first night there, he's dragged to a dinner in his honour, hosted by the French ambassador (Christophe Lambert). It's the kind of tedious affair he's gotten used to enduring, but he's seated beside the ambassador's wife, Anna (Elsa Zylberstein). She's full of life and curiosity; he's comically vain and world-weary. By the time dessert arrives, the sparks have started to fly. Drawn to the country's spiritual traditions, Anna is planning a pilgrimage to the south of India to visit Amma, the real life healer known as the "hugging saint." Antoine is dismissive at first, but so drawn to Anna that he's willing to follow her anywhere. As in a classic big-screen romance, the two opposites set off on a grand train journey. Their love deepens as they near their destination. But her husband hasn't exactly disappeared, nor has Antoine's girlfriend back in Paris. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Jean Dujardin
France
Best movies:
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The Artist (2011)
An Officer and a Spy (2019)
Christopher Lambert
USA
Best movies:
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Highlander (1986)
I Love You (1986)
Kalki Koechlin
India
Best movies:
This Youth Is Crazy (2013)
You Don't Get Life a Second Time (2011)
Margarita with a Straw (2014)
Alice Pol
France
Best movies:
Romantics Anonymous (2010)
Tricky Old Dogs (2018)
Cezanne and I (2016)
Elsa Zylberstein
France
Best movies:
Mina Tannenbaum (1994)
I've Loved You So Long (2008)
A Bag of Marbles (2017)
Venantino Venantini
Italy
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Cop or Hood (1979)
Shriya Pilgaonkar
India
Best movies:
Fan (2016)
Un plus une (2015)
House Arrest (2019)
Priyanshu Chatterjee
India
Best movies:
Pinjar (2003)
12th Fail (2023)
Un plus une (2015)
Rahul Vohra
Best movies:
Sir (2018)
Swades (2004)
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Hélène Médigue
France
Best movies:
Le Péril jeune (1994)
Un plus une (2015)
Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie (2009) (series)
Laurent Couson
Best movies:
Un plus une (2015)
What War May Bring (2010)
Philippe Azoulay
Best movies:
Un plus une (2015)