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Sunday, Apr 18, 2004
8:40pm
After You
An attentive waiter who's trained to fix any problem aims his well-pressed tuxedo towards mending a suicidal man's life in this elegant French comedy, brought to life by a talented corps of actors including Daniel Auteuil, José García, and Sandrine Kiberlain. Maitre d' of a Parisian restaurant, Antoine loves serving people and tackling any problem that arises, even including saving a stranger's life during a suicide attempt. The stranger, Louis, soon finds that Antoine won't stop at saving his life, but hopes to fix it entirely. Unfortunately, poor Louis doesn't want Antoine's help or his offers of a new job-he just wants his old girlfriend Blanche back, or, failing that, to die. Believing any problem can be solved, Antoine rushes to meet Blanche, but his reserved waiter's outlook suddenly becomes a bit messier once he meets the (rather stunning) woman. The Film Society of Lincoln Center writes, “a dream pairing of two of France's top comic actors, Auteuil and García, After You is an often hilarious look at the rituals of male bonding in some of the most extreme kinds of circumstances.”
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