My Best Friend Page #3

Synopsis: François is a middle-aged antique dealer. He has a stylish apartment and a fabulous life, but at a dinner with a group he considers his dearest acquaintances, he is blindsided by the revelation that none of them actually likes him. He's arrogant, self-centered and harsh, and they don't believe he knows the meaning of friendship. His business partner Catherine makes him a bet: if he can produce his best friend, she will let him keep the massive Greek vase he acquired that afternoon on the company tab. If not, it's hers. Having accepted the wager, François naively tears through his address book, trying to shoehorn an increasingly unlikely series of contacts into the all-important role. Moving through Paris, he keeps encountering a trivia-spouting, big-hearted cabbie named Bruno. Bruno's chatty, lowbrow ways grate against François's designer temperament, but he covets the other man's easy way with people. He convinces Bruno to teach him how to make friends and sets about learning the "thr
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Patrice Leconte
Production: IFC Films
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
PG-13
Year:
2006
94 min
$1,062,504
Website
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You even had a list?

A list of friends?

I'll save you the effort

of asking the others.

They'll all say the same thing.

NESCAF BREAK...

AMONG FRIENDS:

I'm looking for a book.

I'm not sure of the name.

I can't find it on the shelves.

It's about

how to make friends.

- How To Make Friends?

- Yes.

Marc!

Marc!

- How To Make Friends!

- What?

How To Make Friends!

Do we have any left?

For this gentleman.

You're looking for

How To Make Friends?

Yes.

It's on order.

Shall I put one aside?

Yeah.

What name?

Franois Coste.

Honest to God!

Excuse me.

Are you two friends?

- Yes.

- How did you do it?

- Do what?

- Become friends.

I don't understand.

Me neither.

How did you meet?

What do you have in common?

What do you argue about. If you do?

Do you?

Excuse me!

You didn't answer me.

I'm serious.

Will you leave us alone?

You should get help!

"Friend."

The most common word in the book.

But the rarest thing in reality.

The Greeks and Romans

idolized friendship.

Over the centuries.

Other values displaced it.

But in today's insecure world.

Where our jobs. Families.

And governments

no longer protect us.

Friendship is back in a big way.

It stands like the last beacon

in a sky that has lost its sun

and not yet found its stars.

Many books explain how to make friends

at work. For your advantage.

Cultivating people

for their usefulness.

True friendship is the opposite.

It is priceless.

Small gifts can foster friendship.

They can never buy it.

Love is sometimes sold.

But friendship. Never!

The best way to find a friend...

Are you looking for friendship too?

I've tried everything.

The want ads. Dial-A-Friend.

The internet...

On Ionely evenings...

Make him feel valued!

Make him feel unique.

The most important person

in the world.

JESUS IS YOUR FRIEND

No sign of the vase.

They phoned to apologize.

- What's taking so long?

- Paperwork.

The import permit was missing.

Tell me. Franois.

Why's it so important to you?

To you too.

We bet it. Remember?

So let's talk about it.

- Am I intruding?

- Louise!

Hi.

I'll call a cab.

- We're viewing a studio.

- She's leaving me!

I'm only staying in Paris

until I get my degree.

Doesn't Bordeaux have a university?

Yes. But it's not the Louvre School.

Will the studio be OK?

- You won't be living in it.

- So why ask my opinion?

- You'll be paying.

- No kidding!

Franois.

No taxis available.

- I've got my bus pass.

- I don't.

Leave it to me.

Hello.

- We can't go on meeting like this!

- You called me. Where to?

- Rue des Francs-Bourgeois. Please.

- Francs-Bourgeois. Here we come.

A very old street.

The Revolutionaries renamed it...

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