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Robert et Robert [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ]

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"Robert et Robert" (1978) directed by Claude Lelouch is a brilliant film about two lonely and completely different men who met at the a computer dating service. Jacques Villeret is a very shy over-weighed young man who is studying to become a policeman. Charles Denner is a nervous and "difficult" cab driver. Both men are dominated by their strong willed mothers and both are certainly not very successful in finding girls. In this bittersweet tale, Villeret's and Denner's characters are real and touching as two losers whose friendship and compassion help them eventually to fight loneliness and insecurity. Absolutely charming film masterfully shot by Lelouch with great performances from two main characters and the rest of the cast. Music is written by Francis Lai (Un homme et une femme (1966) ... aka A Man and a Woman).

4.5/5

This is a poignant and bittersweet tale of loneliness and friendship. Two men (both named Robert) - one painfully shy, the other somewhat pushy and a fussbudget - meet by chance at a dance sponsored by a dating agency (they were both stood up by their dates). They become friends, and the movie brilliantly portrays them as they try (and fail) to make it with members of the opposite sex. The shy man, played by Charles Denner, is superb - your heart really goes out to him. The ending becomes somewhat surreal in a dream sequence, which is a bit out of place, but what's gone before fully makes up for it. The movie is both sad and funny - and intelligent, too. A very enjoyable film.