Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Aspen Orson There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

robert-temple-1 This really is a bundle of laughs, and they never stop from beginning to end. Daniel Auteuil, better known for serious roles, here shows himself as a superb comedian with good timing and just the right touch. Pierre Salvadori is the director, and after making this film he went on to direct Audrey Tautou, the Elf, twice, in PRICELESS (2006, see my review), and BEAUTIFUL LIES (2010, see my review). I noticed that this film was dedicated to the late Marie Trintignant, who died tragically in this year at the age of only 41. Salvadori had directed her in WHITE LIES (1998) and it is very touching that he remembered her with a tribute. The female lead in this film is the omni-present Sandrine Kiberlain, who seems to be in everything. As she so often does, she plays a slightly pathetic woman (in this case she is a young widow) who nevertheless sets various hearts on fire. The main story is carried to its full comic potential in a most amazing way. Auteuil is hastening through a park one dark night because he is late to work. He is the head waiter at a small brasserie called Chez Jean. (Although the name is fictitious, the film is shot in a real Paris restaurant, though I do not recognise it and cannot say where it is, unfortunately. It is not as small as Brasserie Balzar, one of my favourites, but small brasseries are really very rare nowadays in Paris, and I wish I could find this one.) He comes across a man about to hang himself from the branch of a tree. He rushes up and saves him. There is an old proverb that if you save a man's life, you then become responsible for him. Well, this film carries that thought to the most extreme extent possible. The man is played by José Garcia. He does a wonderful job and the character he creates is so exasperating, and also so comical, that it adds to the hilarity of the film immensely. Having saved Garcia, Auteuil is now stuck with him. Garcia has no money, no place to live, no job, and no prospects. So Auteuil takes him in and stands guard to stop him trying suicide again. He then gets him work in his own brasserie and commences a hilarious search for the girl who broke his heart by leaving him, who turns out to be Kiberlain, who runs a florist shop. The entanglements and complexities of the story, and their comical results, become increasingly astounding and it is impossible to stop laughing. Salvadori and four other people collaborated on the brilliant script, and the result has all the polish of a much-rewritten and perfected comedy masterpiece. The film has an unexpected ending, but with such a story, the unexpected is expected. Hats off to all concerned!

JoeytheBrit Apres Vous is a subtle, gentle comedy that tries to raise smiles rather than belly laughs, and so may not be to everybody's tastes. The ever-reliable Daniel Auteuil plays Antoine, a nice-guy waiter who saves Louis (Jose Garcia) from suicide and, his role in life being to help (or serve) others, feels compelled to straighten out Louis' life to prevent him from taking it again. Unfortunately, these plans don't go quite to plan, and Antoine finds his own life falling apart.It takes a while to get into this typically Gallic comedy, and there is never anything particularly memorable taking place on screen, but it does reward the patient viewer with an ultimately sweet view of human nature and displays a positive attitude to life, irrespective of the setbacks encountered by us all, which results in all the main characters left in a better position at the end of the movie than at the start. While the character of Antoine is perhaps a little too saintly to be truly believable – many would have decked Louis at the point when he accuses his saviour of being selfish – Auteuil makes him an immensely likable person, which is just as well as it's up to him to carry most of the film. Garcia is suitably stricken as the hapless Louis, traumatised by the break-up of his relationship with Blanche (Sandrine Kiberlain) and frightened of things falling on top of him. The idea of having these two main characters slowly exchanging their situations (and, to a lesser degree, mental quirks) has you suspecting that things are heading towards a much darker conclusion than they actually do, but the writers manage to manufacture a more uplifting – if less likely – conclusion.

daniel Carbajo López Antoine works in a good restaurant and one day, at returning home, he saves Louis' life, as he was going to commit suicide. Surprisingly Louis gets very angry and Antoine decides to help him and tries help him to recovering his will for life. Louis is in love to Blanche, and, as she does not love him, he wants to die. In order to help him, Antoine meets Blanche, but things will not develop as he waits... I hoped this film to be as good as "la cena de los idiotas", but I was very disappointed, at any moment I laughed, and I must say I found it very boring. Neither the story is interesting nor the actors have their best day. To sum up, I did not like it, there are many better films to watch.

Red-125 Après vous (2003), directed by Pierre Salvadori, has the same basic plot as Jean Renoir's Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932). In both films, someone saves the life of a person. This person then causes endless problems for the rescuer.Daniel Auteuil (Antoine) is the senior waiter in an elegant restaurant in Paris. He's skilled and respected at work, and has a wonderful girlfriend named Christine (Marilyne Canto). Antoine has the misfortune of saving Louis (José Garcia) from death by suicide.Louis is a loser in life and in romance. He has attempted suicide because of his rejection by the love of his life, Blanche (Sandrine Kiberlain).All this takes place within the first ten minutes of the movie. The remainder of the film follows these four characters as they go down an amusing--but fairly predictable--road.Certain things don't come together. For example, Blanche is considered the epitome of female virtues, but, other than her long, slender neck, I didn't see much that was attractive about her appearance or her personality.The best scene in the film is that between Antoine and Louis' Grandmother. The late Andrée Tainsy was 92 (!) years old when she played this role.This movie is not obnoxious, but it's far from a masterpiece. My suggestion--rent Boudu Saved from Drowning (Boudu Sauvé des Eaux) and watch how a master director handles a similar plot.