The Joy of Singing (2008)
Le Plaisir de chanter
A banker has died. He trafficked in nuclear material, so French intelligence assign two agents to find his list of contacts, which are on a flash drive: Muriel - the boss, acerbic, willing to sleep with any man, wondering if she should have a child - and Philippe, younger, boyish, meticulous, bothered by Muriel's frank sexual interest. They watch Constance, the banker's widow: a naïve, friendly, open, trusting. She's taking opera lessons, so the French spies join the class, which Muriel enjoys. It seems that other spies are after the same USB, and some of them sing as well. Singing, spying, and sex lead to duets of all kinds as well as to an eventual showdown.
- Date of release
- 2008-11-26
- TMDB
- 3.4 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Director
- Ilan Duran Cohen
Casting
- Marina Foïs — Muriel
- Lorànt Deutsch — Philippe
- Caroline Ducey — Anna
- Pierre Palmade — L'animateur radio
- Jeanne Balibar — Constance Müller
- Julien Baumgartner — Julien
- Nathalie Richard — Noémie
- Dominique Reymond — l'intermédiaire
- Antoine Gouy — Thomas
- Pierre Maillet — le réceptioniste
- Guillaume Quatravaux — Joseph
- Nicolas Pignon — Le médecin
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