Director : Patrick Chesnais
Actors : Patrick Chesnais, Alexandra Vandernoot, Jean-François Balmer, Bernard Crombey, Micheline Presle, Samuel Labarthe, Gérard Lartigau, Mamadou Dioume, Kader Boukhanef, Philippe Ambrosini, Françoise Christophe, Bernard Gabay, Émilie Lafarge, Keren Marciano
Feature film, Fiction
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French
French release : 1/24/01
Runtime : 1h 30mn
Current status : Released
Official website : www.carlottafilms.com
Associate production company : Film Oblige
Co-production : Idéa Productions
French distribution : Films Distribution

Octave hangs out at night in corner drinking holes, local diners and seedy bars with his old friends Achille and Hector. It’s not exactly a picnic: Octave feels lousy and could do with a bit of loving. He lives alone, near his mother but far from his ex-wife and their two children. Then, by accident, Octave meets Esther. They’re complete opposites: Esther is beautiful, cultivated, open and creative. As for Octave, well he’s uncool, crude, violent, whining…

> Cairo - International Film Festival - 2000 :
> Namur International French-language Film Festival - 2000 :