Description: Soft pedalDistinctionsIn 1997, Pédale douce was selected for the Césars six times in various categories and won one award.Awards Césars 1997: César for best actress for Fanny Ardant.Original DVD Detailed synopsisAdrien Aymar, an openly gay man, works in a Parisian company and hopes to land a lucrative contract with a big bank run by Alexandre Agut. After a work meeting and on the advice of his colleague André, Alexandre invites Adrien to dinner at his place so that he can meet Mr Hott, his German counterpart. Not wanting to tell her that he is homosexual, Adrien asks his friend Éva, manager of the restaurant Chez Éva, to pretend to be his wife, Mrs. Aymar. In front of the apartment door, André makes Adrien understand that he is gay just like him. The dinner takes place in a bourgeois apartment in the 16th arrondissement of Paris and is both funny and stormy. Indeed, Eva is slapped by her boss's sister-in-law, the cantankerous Claire, whose ideas are the opposite of Eva's. But everything goes crazy when Alexandre falls under Eva's spell and kisses her on the stairs as she leaves the premises.Alexandre sends flowers to Adrien's home for Eva. Adrien receives the bouquet and calls Eva. Adrien gets annoyed by Agut's manners. Eva has dinner with Alexandre Agut at the restaurant. They talk, Eva tells him that she is a social worker. Alexandre wonders about the couple she forms with Adrien and the discussion drifts towards homosexuality. Alexander has very strong ideas on the matter. One of the waiters recognizes Eva. Eva tells Alexandre that she is taking care of one of his children. At the end of lunch, Alexander asks the waiter about his children. The latter tells him that he has no children and that he knows Eva and her gay restaurant.In the evening, Alexandre goes to the restaurant Chez Éva. There he finds the waiter, who starts an attempt at seduction, [style to be reviewed] then sits down at the bar. He sees Eva arrive, then Adrien and André, accompanied by a young engineer, Cyril. André begins a striptease to Salma Ya Salama by Dalida in the private area. Alexander slips in and watches the show. He approaches Eva and presents her with a fait accompli. André and Adrien recognize their boss. Meanwhile, Alexandre's wife, Marie, invited to dinner in the same restaurant by friends, is intrigued by the festive noises emanating from the private square; she slips in surreptitiously and sees her husband being chatted up by the waiter. As for him, Alexandre confronts Adrien and André, and pinches the latter's testicles, to which Eva orders him to leave the restaurant and go "beat up some faggot somewhere else"...Distribution Patrick Timsit: Adrien Aymar Fanny Ardant: Evelyne, known as Eva Richard Berry as Alexandre Agut Michele Laroque: Marie Agut Jacques Gamblin: André Lemoine Christian Bujeau: Doctor Séverine Boris Terral: Cyril Axelle Abbadie: Claire, Marie's sister Facundo Bo: Pepito Arno Chevrier: Bibiche Yan Duffas: Rascal Dominique Besnehard: Riki Sacha Briquet: Emilio Laurent Spielvogel: Francis (the hotel employee) Eliane Pine Carrington as Rambo Katrine Boorman: Ingrid Isabelle Ferron: Chantal Céline Caussimon: The Nurse Robert Plagnol: The priest Jean-Michel Tinivelli: The flower delivery man Jacqueline Jefford: Eva's mother - Original DVD - Zone 2 - Format: 4/3 - 16:9 - 2.35- Languages: French...see photo- Subtitles: onon, see photo- Bonus: yes, see photo- Duration: 1h38 minutes approx.- Fast and carefully protected shipping + Postal trackingAdrien Aymar, an openly gay man, works in a Parisian company and hopes to land a lucrative contract with a big bank run by Alexandre Agut. After a work meeting and on the advice of his colleague André, Alexandre invites Adrien to dinner at his place so that he can meet Mr Hott, his German counterpart. Not wanting to tell her that he is homosexual, Adrien asks his friend Éva, manager of the restaurant Chez Éva, to pretend to be his wife, Mrs. Aymar. In front of the apartment door, André makes Adrien understand that he is gay just like him. The dinner takes place in a bourgeois apartment in the 16th arrondissement of Paris and is both funny and stormy. Indeed, Eva is slapped by her boss's sister-in-law, the cantankerous Claire, whose ideas are the opposite of Eva's. But everything goes crazy
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Period: Contemporary (After 1980)
Objet modified: Not
Pays de production: France
Year output: 1996
Classification: All public
Dimensions: 19X14
Print: Colour
genre: Comedy
Director: Gabriel Aghion
Theme: Cinema
Artist: Patrick Timsit - Fanny Ardant - Richard Berry - M. Laroque
Brand: Unbranded
MPN: Does not apply