Product Details

• Actors: Sophie Marceau, Vincent Perez, Marine Delterme, Gérard Séty
• Directors: Alexandre Jardin
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BTEBKK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #304,509 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Alexandre (Vincent Perez) has been through the cycle of seeing the initial passion in romantic encounters burn off and having the relationship become routine and boring. He thinks that this happens for two reasons: the courtship and wooing dance ends, and mere sex enters the picture. He is determined to prevent this cycle from happening with his latest love-interest, a sexy young woman named Fanfan (Sophie Marceau). However, despite the delightful, romantic and inventive ways he discovers for them to spend time together, Fanfan finds his refusal to go to bed with her increasingly irritating; their burgeoning relationship is seriously jeopardized by Alexandre's attachment to his plan. This film is based on the director's best-selling novel.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The French aren't simple folks!, August 11, 2006

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Smorgy "Smorgy" (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fanfan (Original French ONLY Version) (DVD)

This is based on a popular French romance novel by Alexandre Jardin. It is very French... stylish and psychological... tho very light-hearted at the same time. Fan Fan and Alexandre meet at a common friend's seaside inn. He is involved with someone else, she plays hard to get... teasingly. Lots of those French 'saying something while meaning the other and expecting the other to read it right' thing...

The leads are A-lists (at least in France anyhow). Sophie Marceau was the child star from the 'La Boum' films who gained international fame playing the French princess in Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart'... tho her other English film roles (Electra in the Bond film 'The World is Not Enough', the French cellist in the lame David Spade comedy 'Lost & Found') don't cater to her talents. Vincent Lopez has been around in English films too (Marius in 'Queen of the Damned', opposite Kim Basinger in 'I Dream of Africa', etc). These two are much more at home in French films tho, and this film is captures one of their very best performances.

A good nostalgic French film, really.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dreamy french gamine adventures, November 4, 2005

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Angelica Lopezforment V "A.Forment" (Mexico City,Mexico/ Calgary, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fanfan (Original French ONLY Version) (DVD)

This film is so magical and great, managing to squeeze in clowns, perfumes and a insecure man who fall for Sophie Marceau complicated yet lovingly character, Fan Fan.
A great french movie.

5.0 out of 5 stars unabashedly cute and unapologetically French, December 13, 2006

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Dwight (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fanfan (Original French ONLY Version) (DVD)

Sophie Marceau is amazing. The spirit of the movie is from the same place as France's fondness for too pretty unmacho pop songs and many colored macarons.