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Cinema Wednesdays - Loris S. Musumeci

«I want to laugh, travel, fuck.»

Daniel (Daniel Auteuil) leaves his publishing house. He walks briskly and purposefully, files under his arm. Around the corner, he meets Patrick (Gérard Depardieu), his old friend. «We need to have dinner,» says Patrick. Delighted, Daniel even offers to come to the house on Saturday. Suddenly, he thinks of the reaction of his wife, Isabelle (Sandrine Kiberlain), when he tells her the news: catastrophe. Patrick has left Laurence, Isabelle's best friend, to take up with the young, sensual Emma (Adriana Ugarte), who probably doesn't look half his age.

Finally, between Daniel's clumsiness in trying to push back the date without conviction, and Patrick's insistence, the dinner is set for Saturday. Isabelle accepts after some rhetorical posturing on her husband's part. The big night arrives. Tense atmosphere. Patrick and Emma appear. Daniel is dazed. He's seduced by Emma like a teenager discovering love. And then he feels uneasy: not only is the age difference enormous, but the young woman is already in a relationship with Patrick. Dinner promises to be full of blunders and fantasies.