CLARA AND THE WHY NOT
| 1981 – 117′ – Romantic Comedy, Music & Dance, Classic.
Written by: Jean-Loup Dabadie.
Directed by: Jacques Monnet.
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Josiane Balasko, Christophe Bourseiller, Christian Clavier, Thierry Lhermitte, Marianne Sergent, Roland Giraud, Anouk Ferjac, Jacques Rosny, Frédérique Tirmont.
In French with English subtitles.
A Gaumont release. |
Three days in the lives of six friends who are nearly 30 years old, live in Grenoble, and have a rock band called the “Why Notes?”. They’re to play in Paris at Charles’s school reunion. In getting to Paris and back, the characters interact with Aimee’s ex-husband and her abrasive, cruel ex-mentor, Louise’s would-be lover who turns out to have a husband, Mickey’s long-time lover and her children, Bertrand’s Germanic wife and their children who speak no French, and Frederic’s distant mother. The band also meets Clara, a mercurial free spirit who beguiles Bertrand, then Mickey, then takes up with someone else in the band.