The Art of Breaking Up
Un Fil à la patte
The story
Lucette and Edouard: Two lovers passionate about sex, money and life. He is a spoiled but penniless child who wants it all while she is a celebrated figure of la vie parisienne who knows what she wants and what she is worth. Edouard is marrying a young, pretty and rich heiress. He comes to confess this to Lucette and to make their parting official, but he doesn’t want to leave her. He struggles with all his might to hide his betrayal but her opportunities to learn of it are countless and unpredictable.
Cast & crew
Emmanuelle Béart
Lucette
Charles Berling
Édouard de Bois d'Enghien
Dominique Blanc
Baroness Duverger
Jacques Bonnaffé
Fontanet
Mathieu Demy
Firmin
Julie Depardieu
Amélie
Sara Forestier
Viviane
Stanislas Merhar
Irrigua
Tom Novembre
Chenneviette
Patrick Timsit
Bouzin
Virginie Hocq
Emilie
Clément Sibony
Antonio
Élizabeth Macocco
The lost guest
Pierre-William Glenn
Cinematography
Quentin Damamme
Music
Rosalinde Deville
Producer
Michel Deville
Director