Just for Laughs

Just for Laughs

1997 · 100 min · ★ 6.6 · Comedy, Romance

Michel and Juliette have just broken up over Michel's affair with the much younger Romance. Alice and Nicolas are still together, but maybe this is because Nicolas does not know of Alice's affair with handsome sports photographer Gaspard. This sly sex comedy, the sophomore effort of Belgian filmmaker Lucas Belvaux, follows the covert sexual misadventures of the troubled foursome.

Directed by Lucas Belvaux · Written by Lucas Belvaux

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Ornella Muti Maître Alice Obini
Jean-Pierre Léaud Nicolas Gardinier
Antoine Chappey Gaspard
Tonie Marshall Juliette
Philippe Fretun Charpin
Bernard Mazzinghi Le procureur
Philippe Saal L'agent de la Santé
Bernard Fau Michel
Macha Model Romance
Jacques Vendroux Le sauveteur
Olivier Rouxel Le mécano de la mobylette
Vincent Gardinier Le policier

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