Shall we Kiss

Un Baiser S'il Vous Plaît

Country:	France
Language:	French
Duration:	96 minutes
Distributor:	Arkles Entertainment
Director:	Emmanual Mouret
Starring:	Virginie Ledoyen / Emmanuel Mouret / Julie Gayet / Michaël Cohen
Genre:	Romantic comedy

Woody Allen meets Eric Rohmer in writer-director-actor Emmanuel Mouret’s delicately droll romantic comedy.

The clever story-within-a-story begins when visiting textile designer Emilie (Julie Gayet) accepts a lift, then a date, from a stranger (Michaël Cohen) but refuses his goodnight kiss. She understands the danger of a kiss because of what happened to her friend Judith (Virginie Ledoyen).

Judith, a lab researcher, is best friends with math's teacher Nicolas (Emmanuel Mouret) who has been so starved of affection that he needs a little help loosening up – perhaps just a little kiss. One thing of course leads to another.

This is far from a simple kiss-and-tell tale with Mouret’s ingenious interweaving of characters and courtship keeping us consistently engaged and delighted as the romance becomes more intense and more complicated. This humane and entertaining film reveals Emmanuel Mouret to be a master of the bittersweet love story.

What the Critics say!

"…funny and melancholic" Gregory Valens – Hollywood Reporter

"Emmanuel Mouret continues his winning streak … this is upscale French entertainment at its best" Derek Elley – Variety.com

"…thoroughly hilarious … highly recommended" Amie Simon – Prost Amerika

"Stunningly good … bring on the sequel!" – Première Magazine

"Subtle, witty, ravishing: the best French romantic comedy in a long time … Mouret's fourth feature is absolutely dazzling." – Le Monde