Underplayed Gems

Le bonheur est un mensonge (1997)

Le bonheur est un mensonge poster
Directed by
Patrick Dewolf
Country
France
Runtime
1h 26m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A French businessman fakes a heart attack to trick his son, who runs a record label in New York, into taking over the family company. The son returns home, leading to a series of deceptions meant to keep the father from stress.

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What happens

Le bonheur est un mensonge est un téléfilm français réalisé par Patrick Dewolf, diffusé en 1997 sur France 2. Antoine Fontaine, amateur de rap, a quitté la France et son père, homme d'affaires, pour diriger une maison de disques à New York. Le père, Charles Fontaine, qui cherche un successeur à la tête de son entreprise, a décidé que ce ne pouvait être que son fils, qui lui s'y refuse. Pour l'y contraindre, Charles Fontaine simule une crise cardiaque et se prétend au bord du trépas. Antoine revient donc pour revoir une dernière fois son père, et la mascarade se met en place, car il faut éviter au père la moindre contrariété... (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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