Brigitte Bemol Movies

This French romantic comedy-drama concerns Claude Langmann (Claude Berri, who is also the director) a middle-aged auctioneer who is in a loving marriage with his second wife of 15 years. Though he is deeply in love with his wife and has remained faithful to her, he finds himself unable to perform in bed. His wife says she is satisfied with Claude's love and tenderness, but he visits a sex specialist anyway. There he learns of Viagra, which is not yet approved in France, though it is available in Switzerland over the counter. Soon Claude is on his way to Geneva, and eager to prove his manhood, tries to bed Agnes, his very attractive and very available assistant. His daughter, who also comes along for the trip, interferes with her own problems. La Debandade is a lightly funny, touching looking at male sexuality during life's later years. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

In this witty and fast-paced short comedy, Claudine is driving her rattletrap of a car and pulling a camping trailer behind it on the way to spending a summer vacation with her boyfriend. The other passenger in her car is Henri, a boy she has little time for. He is her boyfriend's younger brother and is a non-stop complainer. Neither one of them can manage more than a few civil words with the other, and when the car breaks down on the road and they have to take refuge in the camper, it begins to look as though their near-feud will get worse. Instead, Henri begins to show some unsuspected qualities, such as a serious and abiding interest in using home video cameras to make decent films. Before long, they are joined by another stranded traveler, Titia, a local girl who is hiding from her now-rejected boyfriend. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi