Les clés du paradis (1991)
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Gérard Jugnot, Pierre Arditi, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Fanny Cottençon, François Perrot, Micheline Dax, Jacques Jouanneau, Daniel Berlioux, Anna Gaylor, Clement Harari, Isabelle Mergault, Rose Thiéry, Alain Terzian, Vincent Cassel
A famous Parisian writer proposes legally exchanging lives with his modest schoolteacher brother, partners included.
The story
Gaspard Caveilhac, a famous Parisian writer, is dissatisfied with his private life, divided between his mistress Marie and alimony payments to his ex-wives. He retreats for a few days to the home of his brother Paul, a modest French teacher in a small town in Brittany. Gaspard is drawn to the tranquility of Paul’s life, while Paul envies his older brother’s easy fame. Gaspard proposes that they legally exchange lives before a notary, including their respective partners in the contract. At first, the arrangement appears to work: Gaspard and Paul’s wife Isabelle, already Gaspard’s mistress, get along. Paul, however, is terribly intimidated by Marie.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Gaspard Caveilhac, a famous Parisian writer, is far from satisfied with his private life, caught between his hysterical mistress, Marie, and the alimony he has to pay his ex-wives. He goes away for a few days to rest at his brother Paul’s home. Paul is a modest French teacher in a small town in Brittany. There, Gaspard is charmed by the tranquility of Paul’s life, while Paul, for his part, envies his older brother’s easy fame. Gaspard then proposes that they legally exchange lives before a notary, with their respective partners included in the contract. Things go well between the writer and Paul’s wife, Isabelle, who was already Gaspard’s mistress. But Paul, for his part, is terribly intimidated by Marie.
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