''Saint-Amour'' is a 2016 French-Belgian comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by
Benoît Delépine
Benoît Delépine (born 30 August 1958) is a French comedian and film director. He is known for his satirical activities on TV channel Canal+.
Director of the TV program '' Guignols de l'info'' for many years, he currently writes TV programs abo ...
and
Gustave Kervern
Gustave Kervern (born 27 August 1962), also known as Gustave de Kervern and Gustave K/Vern, is a French actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his collaboration with Benoît Delépine.
Life and career
In 2004 he wrote, directed, ...
.
Plot
The story of a father and a son, farmers, whose relationships are conflictual. In an attempt to forge a new complicity, they go on the wine trail, with a Parisian taxi, crossed at the exit of the Agricultural Fair.
Cast
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Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, filmmaker, businessman and vineyard owner since 1989 who is one of the most prolific thespians in film history having completed over 250 films since 1967 alm ...
as Jean
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Benoît Poelvoorde
Benoît Poelvoorde (, ; born 22 September 1964) is a Belgian actor and comedian.
Early life
His mother was a grocer and his father a driver, who died when Poelvoorde was still a minor. He attended the Jesuit Boarding School of Godinne before ...
as Bruno
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Vincent Lacoste
Vincent Lacoste (born 3 July 1993) is a French actor. He began his acting career at the age of fifteen, playing the lead role of Hervé in the film ''The French Kissers''. The role won him the Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor and a nomin ...
as Mike
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Céline Sallette
Céline Sallette (born 25 April 1980) is a French actress.
Career
In 2012, she was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance in ''House of Tolerance''.
In 2016, she was a member of the jury for the Un Certain ...
as Venus
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Gustave Kervern
Gustave Kervern (born 27 August 1962), also known as Gustave de Kervern and Gustave K/Vern, is a French actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his collaboration with Benoît Delépine.
Life and career
In 2004 he wrote, directed, ...
as The Uncle
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Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau (born 27 February 1953) is a Belgian comedian, actress, film director and screenwriter. She has won three César Awards from four nominations.
Career
She made her cinematic debut with director Agnès Varda in two movies: Sept piè ...
as Marie (voice)
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Chiara Mastroianni
Chiara Charlotte Mastroianni (born 28 May 1972) is a French actress and singer. She is the daughter of Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve.
Early life
Mastroianni was born to French actress Catherine Deneuve and Italian actor Marcello Ma ...
as The boss of the chip stand
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Ana Girardot
Ana Girardot (born 1 August 1988) is a French actress and director. She is known for ''Escobar: Paradise Lost'' (2014); her role of Lucy in the television series '' Les Revenants'' (''The Returned''); and ''Someone, Somewhere'' (2019).
Life and c ...
as The twin
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Andréa Ferréol
Andréa Ferréol (born Andrée Louise Ferréol; January 6, 1947) is a French actress and officer of the Ordre national du Mérite (2009).
Her debut was in the 1973 film ''La Grande bouffe'', which made a big scandal at the Cannes Film Festival.
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as The breakfast woman
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Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq (; born Michel Thomas, 26 February 1956 or 1958) is a French author, known for his novels, poems and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker and singer.
His first book was a biographical essay on the horror writer ...
as The owner of the guest house
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Izïa Higelin
Izïa Higelin (born 24 September 1990), more commonly known by her stage name Izia, is a French rock singer, guitarist and actress. Her most recent album, ''La Vitesse'', was released in 2022.
Early life
Izïa was born in Paris on 24 September ...
as The ex of Bruno
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Ovidie
Ovidie is a French director, actress, producer, journalist, ex porn actress and a writer. First known as a porn actress from 1999 to 2003, she has since directed pornographic films as well as documentaries and has written several books.
Overvie ...
as The realtor
* Raymond Defossé as Follin
* Solène Rigot as Jennifer
* Xavier Mathieu as Didier
* Marthe Guérin Caufman as Marie de Picardie
* Madphil as Pipoune
References
External links
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2016 films
2016 comedy-drama films
2010s road comedy-drama films
Belgian road comedy-drama films
2010s French-language films
French road comedy-drama films
Films directed by Benoît Delépine
Films directed by Gustave Kervern
Films about farmers
Films about wine
French-language Belgian films
2010s French films
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