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What's in a Name? (2012)

What's in a Name? poster
Original title
Le Prénom
Directed by
Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
France, Belgium
Runtime
1h 49m
Rated
AL
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 1,805 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of friends and family gather for a dinner party where a simple announcement about a baby's name sparks heated arguments and exposes long-held secrets.

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What happens

What's in a Name? (original title: Le Prénom, literally "The First Name") is a French-Belgian comedy film, written and directed by Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte and released in 2012. It is adapted from the play Le Prénom by the same authors. The film was a box office success in France, selling 3,340,231 tickets. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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