Cours après moi que je t'attrape (1976)
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Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Marilù Tolo, Geneviève Fontanel, Christine Laurent
Two solitary forty-somethings meet through personal ads, but a string of mishaps complicates their attempts at a life together.
The story
Paul, a tax collector, and Jacqueline, a dog groomer, are both in their forties and live alone after difficult romantic histories. They meet through personal ads in Le Chasseur français and begin dating, but their separate habits and temperaments make a shared life seem challenging. Their first evening out goes awry when Paul mistakenly takes Jacqueline to a theater showing a pornographic film. Later, Jacqueline’s dogs wreck Paul’s villa, and Paul’s son arrives with his girlfriend. A series of mishaps repeatedly disrupts the couple’s attempts to spend time together.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Paul is a tax collector, and Jacqueline is a dog groomer at the “Chic Dog Kennel.” They are both in their forties and live alone: he after a marriage that fell apart, and she following a romantic disappointment. They meet through the personal ads in Le Chasseur français; but at their age, each has their own habits and temperament, and all their dates are marked by mishaps that seem to make a life together difficult. For their first evening out, Paul mistakenly takes Jacqueline to a theater showing a pornographic film; Jacqueline’s dogs wreck Paul’s villa; Paul’s son turns up with his girlfriend… Later, one of Paul’s former mistresses locks him in his office just as he is supposed to meet Jacqueline. They break up, get back together, and have domestic rows. After all these twists and turns, they realize that they can no longer live without each other.
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