Director : Bruno ChicheActors : Fabrice Luchini, Nathalie Baye, Marie Gillain, Hugo Speer, Mélanie Bernier, Serge Hazanavicius, Warren Zavatta, Thomas Chabrol, Ben O'Sullivan, Debbie Chazen, Olivia Guillet, Victoria Grulich, Juliet Cowan Feature film, Fiction Production language : French Nationality : 100% French French release : 2/21/01 Runtime : 1h 25mn Current status : Released Official website : www.bacfilms.com/barnie/Associate production company : Les Films de la SuaneCo-production : StudioCanal, TF1 Films ProductionFrench distribution : Bac FilmsFilm export/Foreign Sales : UGC International Synopsis Barnie is a lot like many men. He has a wife he adores, a mistres he’s mad about, and a lover he… well, perhaps he is a little different. He lives in France with Lucie, but works in London, which is where he met Margot ad Mark.
When his birthday comes he is very spoil: his mistress gives him a ticket for a romantic 1st of May’s weekend on the Orient Express to Venise ! ! !
Barnie is thrown. He decides to protect his marriage and send the other tickets back to his secret lovers, along with a nice little letter saying he’s sorry. Wise move. Trouble is, he gets the envelopes mixed up. Margot gets the letter for Mark and Mark gets the letters for Margot !
The two scorned lovers storm over to Barnie’s office and meet each other, face to face. They decide to go to Calais together to pay Barnie a little courtesy call ! But when they get to his house they meet Barnie’s wife before they can have it out with him. So they decide to "have a bit of fun" and pretend they are a bona-fide couple…
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