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You Don't Choose Your Family

Country: France, Language: French, 103 mins

Original Title

On ne choisit pas sa famille
  • Director: Christian Clavier
  • Writer: Christian Clavier; Michel Delgado
  • Producer: Christian Clavier; Jean-Paul De Vidas

CGiii Comment

Christian Clavier's farce about a French lesbian (Muriel Robin) and her lover's silly brother (Clavier) posing as a couple to adopt a Thai orphan (Maily Florentin Dao) offers a gag every 30 seconds, and enough jokes hit their mark to make this a pleasant diversion. Robin and Clavier make a terrific oddball couple, and the grizzled Jean Reno plays it straight as the doctor assigned to make sure they're legit. Things get complicated when the brother ends up in a Bangkok jail and his sister (Héléna Noguerra), a lawyer, swoops in to bail him out while also catching the attention of the widowed doctor. Granted, some jokes - about Thai food or names - are in questionable taste, but this is a movie that gets laughs from a parrot that screeches 'Fuck you.' You've been warned.


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Cast & Characters

Christian Clavier as Cesar Borgnoli;
Jean Reno as Docteur Luix;
Muriel Robin as Kim;
Helena Noguerra as Alex;
Michel Vuillermoz as Jean-Paul;
Maily Florentin Dao as Maily;
Helene Patarot as La mere superieure;
Anna Gaylor as La mere de Cesar;
Caroline Anglade as Coralie, la coiffeuse;
Sophie-Charlotte Husson as La presentatrice tele