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A young, extroverted left-wing activist who sleeps with her political opponents to convert them to her cause is successful until she meets her match.A young, extroverted left-wing activist who sleeps with her political opponents to convert them to her cause is successful until she meets her match.A young, extroverted left-wing activist who sleeps with her political opponents to convert them to her cause is successful until she meets her match.
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- 3 wins & 4 nominations
Cristina Palma De Figueiredo
- La grand-mère d'Arthur
- (as Cristina Palma Di Figueiredo)
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- TriviaAn actress initially cast as Bahia Benmahmoud had demanded to remove the nude scene in which she leaves the house without clothes on and wanders down the street and into a train on the Paris Metro, to the surprise of fellow travelers. When Sara Forestier took over the role of Bahia Benmahmoud, she asked for the scene to be put back in, feeling it was a key scene for the character."It was easy because it is so rare to do a nude scene that's funny," she says with a big grin. "If I have the opportunity to do that in my life, I run! I was excited to do it because it was like a burlesque show."
- GoofsWhen Bahia Benmahmoud's mother is characterized by her likes and dislikes, she can be seen as a hippie in the 70s, and it is mentioned that she hates films of the 70s starring Alain Delon with the word "flic" (cop) in them. Then a poster of the film To Kill a Cop (1981) is briefly shown. Yet, that film only opened in 1981.
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It is the ultimate "opposites attract" love story. Arthur Martin is a perfectly ordinary (15207 other men in France share his name) shy, conservative late-middle aged single man working for the Government. He was raised by boring scientist technophiles who have consistently invested in great ideas that all turn out to be flops.
Baya Benmahmoud is a one of a kind (She is the only person in France named Baya Benmahmoud) young, beautiful, intelligent but scattered brained super-liberal activist raised by her hippy mother and illegal immigrant Algerian father. Her mission in life is to sleep with conservative "fascists" in order to turn them to the proper liberal ideal.
Baya finds Artur and launches her "make love not war" mission. She follows her proved method turning his world up-side-down. But this time, perhaps Baya has finally met her match. Everything changes for Baya when Arthur performs a kindness for her father that turns Baya's world up-side-down.
"If you can't trust the ducks, that is a bad sign."
Baya Benmahmoud is a one of a kind (She is the only person in France named Baya Benmahmoud) young, beautiful, intelligent but scattered brained super-liberal activist raised by her hippy mother and illegal immigrant Algerian father. Her mission in life is to sleep with conservative "fascists" in order to turn them to the proper liberal ideal.
Baya finds Artur and launches her "make love not war" mission. She follows her proved method turning his world up-side-down. But this time, perhaps Baya has finally met her match. Everything changes for Baya when Arthur performs a kindness for her father that turns Baya's world up-side-down.
"If you can't trust the ducks, that is a bad sign."
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- Filming locations
- Franprix, Bagnolet, Seine-Saint-Denis, France(on location)
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- Budget
- $4,600,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $514,237
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $30,372
- Jun 26, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $6,803,887
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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