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Peut-être
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Peut-être (Maybe; Perhaps) is a 1999 French science fiction comedy film. Directed by Cédric Klapisch with a budget of 75 million franc, the film runs for 109 minutes. It featured Romain Duris, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Géraldine Pailhas and Julie Depardieu. The film premiered at a Buck Rogers-themed New Year's Eve party.
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5.3Arthur is invited to a New Year's Eve party to celebrate the year 2000. His girlfriend Lucie would like a baby from him but he refuses. Through the ceiling of the toilets, he discovers a passage leading to this futurist Paris. There, he meets an old man Ako who affirms he is his son and that he wants to exist. Otherwise he will vanish into the air. Arthur is still hesitant because his life is an unfulfilled one: a has a little lucrative job, is uncertain about his future and things are getting out of hand when Ako discovers the passage and interferes in the party.
Cast
- Romain Duris as Arthur
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as Ako
- Géraldine Pailhas as Lucie
- Julie Depardieu as Nathalie
- Emmanuelle Devos as Juliette
- Dominique Frot as Artémise
Themes
- parent child relationship
- time travel
- wilderness
- paternity
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Ratings
IMDb
5.8/10
1,737 votes
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Peut-être
- Film.image
- Peut-être poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Cédric Klapisch
- Film.producer
- Aïssa DjambriFarid LahoussaManuel Munz
- Film.writer
- Santiago AmigorenaAlexis GalmotCédric Klapisch
- Film.starring
- Jean-Paul BelmondoRomain DurisGéraldine PailhasJulie Depardieu
- Film.music
- Loïc DuryMathieu Dury
- Film.cinematography
- Philippe Le Sourd
- Film.editing
- Francine Sandberg
- Film.studio
- Vertigo ProductionsPECFM6 FilmsTPS Cinéma
- Film.distributor
- Warner Bros.
- Film.runtime
- 109 minutes
- Film.country
- France
- Film.language
- French
- Film.budget
- $13.8 million
- Film.gross
- $4 million
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Plot
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Peut-être (Maybe; Perhaps) is a 1999 French science fiction comedy film. Directed by Cédric Klapisch with a budget of 75 million franc, the film runs for 109 minutes. It featured Romain Duris, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Géraldine Pailhas and Julie Depardieu. The film premiered at a Buck Rogers-themed New Year's Eve party.
==Plot== After having sex with his girlfriend Lucie (Pailhas) in a bathroom, Arthur (Duris) discovers that a ceiling panel is a time portal to the Paris in the future, although it appears more like a sun-baked desert city by that point. There he meets an old man named Ako (Belmondo) who turns out to be Arthur's son. Ako attempts to persuade Arthur to impregnate Lucie so that he can exist in this future.
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