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Cousin, Cousine ()

Cousin cousine (original title)
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Two distant cousins meet at a wedding banquet for an elderly couple. Over time, a close friendship develops between them, but their spouses begin to think that they are more than just friends.

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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 6 nominations.
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Karine
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Ludovic
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Marthe
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Pascal
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Biju
Sybil Maas ...
Diane
Popeck ...
Sacy
Pierre Plessis ...
Gobert
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Nelsa
Hubert Gignoux ...
Thomas
Françoise Caillaud ...
Peggy
Véronique Dancier ...
Clarence
Catherine Day ...
Woman on bench
Carine Delamare ...
Pupil of tap dance
Maite Delamare ...
Fernande
Emmanuel de Sablet ...
Philippe (as Emmanuel Dessablet)
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Jérôme
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Deschamps
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Olga
Etoile Gómez ...
Sylvie
Marguerite Grimprel ...
Madame Deschamps
Paul Handford ...
Uncle Gaston
Marie-Paule Jourdan ...
Gilberte
Catherine Laborde ...
Nicole
Sebastien Lebeaut ...
Olivier
Gérard Lemaire ...
Servant of hotel
Annick Le Moal ...
Jocelyne
Jan Madd ...
Serge
Suzy Marquis ...
Madame Letellier
Monique Martin ...
Marie-Thérèse
Ginette Tacchella ...
Blanchette (as Ginette Mathieu)
Dominique Migno ...
Paulette
Rosine Rochette ...
Young woman of hotel
Monique Saintey ...
Madame Baudoin
Catherine Stermann ...
Monique
Philippe Yeziglian ...
Eric

Directed by

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Jean-Charles Tacchella

Written by

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Jean-Charles Tacchella ... ()
 
Danièle Thompson ... ()

Produced by

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Daniel Toscan du Plantier ... producer

Music by

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Gérard Anfosso

Cinematography by

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Eric Faucherre
Georges Lendi
Michel Thiriet

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Marie-Aimée Debril
Agnès Guillemot
Juliette Welfling

Costume Design by

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Jeanne Vergne

Production Management

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Dominique Lallier ... unit manager
Roger Morand ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jacques Fraenkel ... assistant director
Ginette Tacchella ... assistant director
Daniel Wuhrmann ... assistant director

Art Department

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Jean Vergne ... props

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Michel Kharat ... sound engineer
Pierre Lenoir ... sound engineer
André Naudin ... sound effects editor
Claude Villand ... sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jacques Anquelle ... electrician (as J. Anquelle)
Jacques Cherel ... electrician (as J. Cherel)
Raymond Fleury ... grip (as R. Fleury)
Gérard Miquel ... grip (as G. Miquel)
Vincent Rossell ... still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Jeanne Vergne ... costumer (as Jeannine Vergne)

Script and Continuity Department

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Alice Ziller ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Madeleine Billeaud ... production secretary
Georges Caroujat ... production administrator
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Husband and wife Ludovic and Karine, and Ludovic's sixteen year old daughter Nelsa lead a relatively carefree life. Motorcycle riding Ludovic, a dance instructor, changes jobs every three years to keep himself interested in whatever he's doing. Ludovic recently remarried, this time to landscape designer Karine, a younger, beautiful woman who regardless is insecure due to her immaturity. Since she doesn't know how to handle that insecurity, Ludovic has placed Karine in various forms of therapy to help her with her life. Nelsa can see the cruelties that life has to offer, and although she doesn't like them, tries to embrace them to expose them for what they are. Ludovic wants to give everybody in his life, including Karine and Nelsa, as much freedom as they need to be happy. Husband and wife Pascal and Marthe and their adolescent son Eric lead a typical middle class life. Pharmaceutical salesman Pascal likes to think of himself as important to bolster his own sense of masculinity, which has led to him being a serial philanderer. Secretary Marthe knows about Pascal's unfaithfulness deep in her heart. The two couples meet when Ludovic's Uncle Jacques marries Marthe's feisty mother. At the wedding reception, Pascal and Karine head off to have a sexual dalliance. Both Ludovic and Marthe know what Pascal and Karine did, Pascal later admitting as much to Marthe. Although Ludovic and Marthe's friendship starts off solely about their respective cheating spouses, it becomes something more. After thinking about the situation over time, Ludovic and Marthe decide to take their relationship into the sexual realm. As time goes on, Ludovic and Marthe become more and more open about their affair, not only to Pascal and Karine, but to their entire combined extended family. Ludovic, Marthe, Pascal and Karine have to decide what to do about what is happening between Ludovic and Marthe, especially as they are now all family who see each other often at family functions. Written by Huggo

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Also Known As
  • Cousin, Cousine (Canada, English title)
  • Cousin, Cousine (United States)
  • Cousin Cousin (World-wide, English title)
  • Cousin, Cousine (India, English title)
  • Cousin, Cousine (United Kingdom)
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  • 95 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Was a surprise box office hit in America, becoming the most popular French film in the US since A Man and a Woman (1966). See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Stanley: Every Home Should Have One (1984). See more »
Quotes Marthe: I want to cry, but I can't. I've never known how to cry. I try but I can't.
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