Watch This French Film Starring Gerard Depardieu
Laugh along with this hilarious father-and-son duo (played by Gerard Depardieu and Benoît Poelvoorde) in the 2016 French film Saint Amour as they hit the wine trails of the French countryside. Complete with bizarre adventures and improbable encounters, this “silly but funny” film was awarded 4 out of 5 stars by The Guardian
Saint Amour Film Synopsis
Bruno (Benoît Poelvoorde) is a single, middle-aged farmer who spends one week each year with his father in Paris at the Agricultural Trade Fair. This year, their bull is competing for a prize, but Bruno decides to go around drinking all the free samples of wine and becomes embarrassingly drunk. His father Jean (Gérard Depardieu) invites him on a real wine-tasting tour around France, and the two pair up with taxi driver Mike (Vincent Lacoste), forming a trio that is ripe for a series of misadventures.
Genre: Comedy drama
Directed by: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
Produced by: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, Jean-Pierre Guérin
Starring: Gérard Depardieu (Jean), Benoît Poelvoorde (Bruno), Vincent Lacoste (Mike), and Céline Sallette (Venus)
Country: France, Belgium
Year: 2016
Length: 101 minutes
Subtitles: English
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