A businessman tries to belatedly learn the fine art of friendship in this comedy from French filmmaker Patrice Leconte. Fran ois (Daniel Auteuil) is an antique dealer who runs an upscale shop with his business partner, Catherine (Julie Gayet). Fran ois is a gently ruthless trader who will do nearly anything to make a deal, and when Catherine throws him a birthday party, someone points out that all the guests are business associates, not personal friends. While Fran ois protests that he does indeed have friends, Catherine calls him on it and makes him a deal -- if he can produce his best friend within ten days, he'll be allowed to keep a valuable vase he recently found for the shop, but if not, the vase will belong to her. Fran ois agrees to the challenge, but while going through his address book, he begins to realize he really doesn't have any especially close friends. Over the course of several days, Fran ois keeps running into Bruno (Dany Boon), a gregarious and friendly taxi driver,
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Posted: 5/1/2008
