Romantics Anonymous

Dec 22, 2010

1h 20m

★ 6.5

Overview

What happens when a man and a woman share a common passion? They fall in love. And this is what happens to Jean-René, the boss of a small chocolate factory, and Angélique, a gifted chocolate maker he has just hired. What occurs when a highly emotional man meets a highly emotional woman? They fall in love, and this is what occurs to Jean-René and Angélique who share the same handicap. But being pathologically timid does not make things easy for them. So whether they will manage to get together, join their solitudes and live happily ever after is a guessing matter.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Pan-Européenne

StudioCanal

France 3 Cinéma

Climax Films

RTBF

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

Romantics Anonymous Trailers

Cast

Jean-René Van Den Hugde

Benoît Poelvoorde

Angélique Delange

Isabelle Carré

Magda

Lorella Cravotta

Suzanne

Lise Lamétrie

Antoine

Swann Arlaud

Ludo

Pierre Niney

Psychologist

Stéphan Wojtowicz

Rémi

Jacques Boudet

Adèle

Alice Pol

Mimi

Céline Duhamel

Maxime

Philippe Fretun

Julien

Grégoire Ludig

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