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Monsieur Naphtali (1999)
Directed by Olivier Schatzky
Overview
Monsieur Naphtali is a good-natured but somewhat feeble older man turned away from the rest home where he lives. In search of a place to stay, he finds his way to Paris, where a woman taking surveys takes pity on him and brings him home for a meal and a bed for the night. Naphtali finds himself spending the evening with the survey woman, her brother who works in publishing, his lovely but unhappy wife, an alcoholic doctor, and his wife, an ill-tempered judge. In a simple and unpretentious manner, Naphtali forces them all to open up about themselves and discuss elements of their lives that they usually prefer to avoid.
Length 85 minutes
Actors
Jean-Marie Lamour | Gilbert Melki | Guillaume Gallienne | Sacha Briquet | Alice Evans | Cylia Malki | Maka Kotto | Isabelle Ferron | Jacky Nercessian | Élie Kakou | Raphaëline Goupilleau | Frédéric Lopez | Patrick Rombi | Laura Scozzi | Damien Givelet