Gérard Depardieu

Fanny Ardant

Henri Garcin

Michèle Baumgartner

Roger Van Hool

Véronique Silver

Philippe Morier-Genoud

Nicole Vauthier

Muriel Combe

Olivier Becquaert

Serge Papagalli

Catherine Crassac

Jacques Preisach

Roland Thénot

François Truffaut

Georges Delerue

Martine Barraqué

Suzanne Schiffman

Jean Aurel

William Lubtchansky

Robert Beulens

Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko

Armand Barbault

Pierre Gompertz

Michel Gentils

Michèle Cerf

Jacques Maumont

Michel Mellier

Caroline Champetier

Alain Venisse

Emmanuel Demorgon

Barcha Bauer

Gilles Loutfi

Patrick Lemaire

Michel Laurent

Daniel Couteau

Alain Tasma

Thi-Loan Nguyen

André Atellian

Anny Bartanovski

Christine Pellé

Françoise Heberle

Marie-Aimée Debril

Jean-François Lentretien

Jacques Vidal

Catherine Drzymalkowski

Josiane Couëdel

Drama

Romance

La Femme d'à côté

Les Films du Carrosse

TF1 Films Production

France

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You can just imagine the scenario. "Bernard" (Gerard Depardieu) is living quite contentedly with his wife "Arlette" (Michèle Baumgartner) and their young son when they get new next-door neighbours. "Philippe" (Henri Garcin) and wife "Mathilde" (Fanny Ardant). Well ardent might have been a more appropriate spelling as it turns out that "Bernard" and "Mathilde" have a bit of history that time hasn't quite satiated. Ostensibly, they present a friendly front to their respective families and neighbours, but we soon appreciate the things are smouldering and that events eight years ago did not end well - for either of them. With their behaviour becoming more erratic and tensions mounting, well who knows what's going to happen next. This might be my favourite Depardieu performance as he really does thrown himself into the role body and soul, and with Ardant delivering an equally impassioned characterisation we are presented with a lively, tempestuous and at times quite visceral series of scenes as things spiral out of control. I'm not always a fan of narration but here, the sparing use of commentary from local tennis club boss "Madame Jouve" (Véronique Silver) helps fill in the gaps but also lets off some of the steam - physically and metaphorically, as the story becomes more involved. Talk about neighbours from hell...!

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