Guess Who's Calling! (2025)
- Original title
- Le Répondeur
- Directed by
- Fabienne Godet
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- TP
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 71 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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.
How it feels
A struggling impressionist gets hired by a writer to impersonate him on the phone. The impressionist starts improvising his responses, leading to trouble for the writer.
lightheartedplayfulamusingupbeatcomedicquirkyfast-pacedwhimsical
What happens
Guess Who's Calling! (French: Le Répondeur, lit. "The Answering Machine") is a French comedy film, directed by Fabienne Godet and released in 2025. The film stars Salif Cissé as Baptiste, a comedy impressionist who is struggling to break through in his career, and Denis Podalydès as Pierre, a writer who is struggling to minimize life distractions as he works on his new novel. After Pierre has the idea to hire Baptiste as a human answering machine, impersonating him on the phone so that he can avoid talking to people himself, career and personal complications ensue when Baptiste begins to improvise the things he says to Pierre's callers. The cast also includes Clara Bretheau, Aure Atika, Manon Clavel, Ismaël Sy Savané, Harrison Arevalo, Serge Postigo, Thierry Bosc and Camille Cayol in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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