Executive Producer : Charles Gassot
Director : Agnès Jaoui
Screenwriters : Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri
Actors : Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Anne Alvaro, Alain Chabat, Gérard Lanvin, Brigitte Catillon, Anne Le Ny, Christiane Millet, Wladimir Yordanoff, Raphaël Defour, Xavier de Guillebon , Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Emmanuel WOLFER, Brahim AIT-el-Kadi, Réginald Huguenin, Scali Delpeyrat, Michel Caccia
Co-producer : Christian Bérard
Director of Photography : Laurent Dailland
Sound Recordist : Jean-Pierre Duret
Production Manager : Daniel Chevalier
Press Attaché (film) : Joëlle Benchimol
Editor : Hervé Luze (de)
Production Designer : François Emmanuelli
Music Composer : Jean-Charles Jarrell
Stunt performer : Yoni Roch
Costume Designer : Jackie Stephens-Budin

Co-production : Les Films A4 , France 2 Cinéma
Associate production company : Telema
French distribution : Pathé Distribution
Film export/Foreign Sales : Pathé Distribution

Argentina : AAA - Artistas Argentinos Asociados
Released 6/14/01

Australia : Palace Film
Released 11/1/01

Austria : Tobis Film
Released 11/24/00

BARCELONA : Vertigo Films
Released 11/17/00

Belgium : Alternative Films
Released 3/8/00

Brazil : Providence Filmes / Pandora Filmes
Released 1/25/02

Canada( Quebec) : Les Films Séville
Released 9/15/00

Chile : Independent Chile
Released 12/20/01

Colombia : Babilla Ciné
Released 10/9/01

COPENHAGEN : Camera Film
Released 4/1/01

CYPRUS : Four Star Films
Released N/A

Czech Republic : Galafilm
Released 3/22/01

Denmark : Camera Film
Released 4/1/01

Finland : Senso Films
Released 9/7/01

FRENCH-SPEAKING SWITZERLAND : Monopole Pathé
Released 2/29/00

GERMAN-SPEAKING SWITZERLAND : Monopole Pathé
Released 2/29/00

Germany : Tobis Film
Released 11/9/00

Greece : Prooptiki
Released 12/8/00

Hong Kong : Archer
Released N/A

Hungary : Budapest Film
Released 4/19/01

Israel : United King Films
Released 2/8/01

Italy : Lucky Red
Released 1/19/01

Japan : Cetera International
Released 12/22/01

LOS ANGELES : Offline Releasing
Released 2/9/01

MADRID : Vertigo Films
Released 11/17/00

Mexico : Cinemas Nueva Era
Released 3/8/02

Netherlands : A Film (Amsterdam Film Distribution)
Released 3/16/01

NEW YORK : Offline Releasing
Released 2/9/01

Norway : Arthaus
Released 3/23/01

PERU : Eurofilms Peru
Released N/A

Poland : Gutek Film
Released 3/8/02

Portugal : Atalanta Filmes
Released 11/16/01

QUEBEC (MONTREAL-QUEBEC) : Les Films Séville
Released 9/15/00

Romania : IF - Independenta Film
Released 10/12/01

Slovakia : Galafilm
Released 12/13/01

South Korea : Korean Film Art Center
Released 7/7/01

Spain : Vertigo Films
Released 11/17/00

Sweden : Folkets Bio
Released 4/6/01

Taiwan : Archer
Released 12/16/00

United Kingdom : Pathé Entertainment
Released 5/25/01

USA : Offline Releasing
Released 2/9/01

Yugoslavia : Metrofilm International
Released N/A

Feature film, Fiction
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 1999
French release : 01/03/2000
Runtime : 2h
Current status : Released
Visa issue date : 28/01/2000
Approval : Yes
Production formats : 35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
Official website : www.legoutdesautres.com

A business executive meets an actress who's the friend of a barmaid who meets a bodyguard who works with a chauffeur who drives an interior decorator who's the wife of the business executive who would like to be friends with the artists who… There's no accounting for people's tastes. That's why some people should never mix. Because you can't rub up against social and cultural barriers without causing trouble.

As soon as I started writing “It Takes All Kinds,” I knew that I was going to direct it, but I tried not to think about it too much because it made me nervous. Jean-Pierre and I started out wanting to write a thriller, but we had trouble working it into the chosen theme, which was about money and honor. I remember that at that point, the only images that came to mind were of American movies. I couldn’t conjure up my own visual imagery. When we began writing, certain images surfaced, certain passages of music that appealed to me, but then I stopped thinking about it. I told myself, first things first! Focus on the writing! When the film finally went into pre-production, although I was scared that I had no technique, I still felt safe knowing that I knew how to direct actors. Agnès Jaoui, director (from an interview in Unifrance Newsletter No. 22)

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> Sydney - French Film Festival - 2001 :
> Tuebingen - Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival - 2000 :
> World Film Festival (Montréal) - 2000 :
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