Four years after MAN ON THE TRAIN (2003), the always-dependable French director Patrice Leconte returns to the subject of friendship with another mordantly funny — and unexpectedly touching — odd-couple buddy comedy.
During a routine visit to an upscale auction house with his business partner Catherine (Julie Gayet), Parisian antiques dealer Francois Coste (Daniel Auteuil) spots a piece he simply must have: a fifth-century terra-cotta funeral vase depicting Achilles and his companion Patroclus, reportedly commissioned by a wealthy Athenian to commemorate the death of a beloved friend. According to legend, the grieving Greek filled the vase with h...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
90 mins