Family Resemblances

Un air de famille (English: Family Resemblances) is a 1996 French film. It was directed by Cédric Klapisch, and written by him, Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri. The movie stars Bacri, Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Catherine Frot, Vladimir Yordanoff and Claire Maurier. It won the César Award for Best Writing, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. An average French family ostensibly celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one eve... More

Un air de famille (English: Family Resemblances) is a 1996 French film. It was directed by Cédric Klapisch, and written by him, Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri. The movie stars Bacri, Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Catherine Frot, Vladimir Yordanoff and Claire Maurier. It won the César Award for Best Writing, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. An average French family ostensibly celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce. Indeed, poking each other's sore spots turns out to be the main order of business. Henri (Bacri) runs a saloon that he inherited from his father called "The Sleepy Dad," and in the near-empty bar, he plays host to several members of the family as they mark the 35th birthday of his sister-in-law, Yolande (Frot). Henri's sister, Betty (Jaoui), is 30, single, and not very happy about it; his brother (and Yolande's...

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