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Penny Pincher!

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FEATURE FILM 89'
Comedy

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"Give a little, get a lot," so they say. For François, giving a little is giving too much.
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Directed by

Fred Cavayé (Mea Culpa, The Players, Anything For Her)

Starring

Dany Boon (La Ch’tite Famille, R.A.I.D. Special Unit, Penny Pincher)
Laurence Arné (Family is Family, Penny Pincher!, La Ch'tite Famille, Our Futures, Bowling)
Noémie Schmidt (He Student and Mister Henri, Versailles)
Patrick Ridremont (Penny Pincher)

Production

Eric Jehelmann and Philippe Rousselet – Jerico (La Famille Bélier, Anything For Her)

2016 / Original language: French / Color / 2.40 / 5.1 / available in hd & 2k

Talented first violinist with the local orchestra, François Gautier, 40ish, has one major flaw. He's a penny pincher. He times himself under the shower, which he takes cold, of course. He uses the streetlights to illuminate the rooms of his house. He watches the neighbor's TV through binoculars. He prepares exact lengths of toilet paper for future use.
François has no social life. His only friend is his bank manager. Buying drinks for colleagues in the orchestra nearly kills him. Inviting a lady to dinner is torture. But the new cellist Valérie doesn't see François the penny pincher, she hears and falls for François the virtuoso violoncellist And then Laura, 16, walks into François's life and announces she is his daughter. She thinks her father is the wealthy benefactor of a children's charity in Mexico. Now François has one major flaw and two major problems: Valérie and Laura both love him for what he is not. François plays along but a single slip could cost him very, very dear...

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"A joyously incorrect comedy"
Le Parisien Magazine

"Dany Boon, Laurence Arné and Noémie Schmidt pull out all the stops"
Paris Match

"Dany Boon delivers a great series of gags"
Télérama

"A Great Family Comedy"
Sud Presse

"A great time! Boon at his best"
Moustique

"A romantic family comedy not stingy with gags"
RTS Couleur "Brazil"

"Dany Boon still as funny as ever"
TF1 JT

"The end-of-the-year comedy event"
France 2 JT

"The story wins your heart"
"Dany Boon's sensitivity gets you in your soft spot"
Le Parisien

"A zany comedy"
RTL

"The comedian is irresistable as a violinist in love, struggling to overcome his stinginess"
"A hilarious comedy"
20 Minutes

"A moving and tender feel-good movie"
Le Blog du Cinéma

Belgium

"Custom fit for Dany Boon"
La Libre Belgique

"A bittersweet comedy full of winks"
La Dernière Heure

"A comedy that aspires to be as moving as it is funny"
Ciné Télé Revue

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OVER $20M BO IN FRANCE

#3 OF THE BEST FRENCH FILM LAUNCHED IN 2016
#1 BEST LAUNCH FOR A NON-FRANCHISE FRENCH FILM





Available in :

Italian






Click on the pdf file :

  DP PENNY PINCHER ANG.pdf