Let's Be Friends (film)
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| Directed by | Éric Toledano Olivier Nakache |
| Written by | Éric Toledano Olivier Nakache |
| Produced by | Bruno Chiche Nicolas Duval Adassovsky Manuel Alduy |
| Starring | Jean-Paul Rouve Gérard Depardieu |
| Cinematography | Pascal Ridao |
| Edited by | Dorian Rigal-Ansous |
| Music by | Bruno Coulais |
Production companies | Yumé Quad Productions |
| Distributed by | Mars Distribution |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Languages | French Mandarin Spanish English |
| Budget | $5.3 million |
| Box office | $2.5 million[1] |
Let's Be Friends (French: Je préfère qu'on reste amis...) is a 2005 French film directed and written by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache.
Synopsis
Thirty-year-old computer scientist, physicist, bachelor, sickly shy and hypochondriac, Claude Mandelbaum leads a life all the more dull that his last, and only, love story goes back two years. One day, on the occasion of the marriage of his best friend, Daniel, he meets Serge, a divorced fifty-year-old who takes full advantage of his celibacy by chaining the adventures. Shortly after, on the advice of Daniel, Claude resolved to make an appointment in a marriage agency of a particular kind, where it is the women who contact the men. In the waiting room, he falls face to face with Serge, who invites him to have a drink in his home ...
Cast
- Jean-Paul Rouve as Claude Mendelbaum
- Gérard Depardieu as Serge
- Annie Girardot as Madame Mendelbaum
- Lionel Abelanski as Daniel
- Isabelle Renauld as Sophie
- Yves Jacques as Germain
- Valérie Benguigui as Eva
- Jonathan Lambert as Totof
- Élisabeth Vitali as Véronique
- Xavier De Guillebon as Philippe
- Mar Sodupe as Julia Marquez
- Flore Grimaud as Sylvie
- Caroline Frank as Manon
- Tilly Mandelbrot as Pauline
- Cassandra Harrouche as Justine
- Virginie Caliari as Barbara
- Mimi Félixine as Latifah
- Thierry Godard as Mathias
- Frédéric Maranber as Jean-Mi
- Jacqueline Staup as Tata Muguette
- Catherine Hosmalin as Woman speed dating
Production
The majority of the film was shot in Paris.[2] A few scenes were shot place in Manhattan and Brooklyn.[3] Another sequence was shot in Troyes (Aube).[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "JE PRÉFÈRE QU'ON RESTE AMIS… (2005)". JP Box Office. Retrieved 23 February 2005.
- ↑ Martin, Guillaume (16 December 2003). "Depardieu et Rouve préfèrent rester amis". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ MediaCombo (25 August 2015). "Je Prefere Qu'on Reste Amis - Excerpt". Vimeo.
Je Prefere Qu'on Reste Amis is the first feature film of the directing team of Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano. Most of the film was shot in Paris. However, some scenes needed to be filmed in New York, MediaCombo planned and executed in three days of location production and a forth day or aerial photography with ground coordination. Locations included the lobby of a prestigious Midtown office building, Times Square at night, traveling shots on the Brooklyn Bridge and New Jersey Turnpike as well as other iconic New York City locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
- ↑ Eric Toledano et Olivier Nakache tournent. mediaclip.ina.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2026.