Boyfriends and Girlfriends

Aug 26, 1987

1h 43m

★ 7.1

The friends of my friends are my friends too

Overview

Middle-class Parisian suburbs: Blanche and Léa, office worker and student, meet and become friends. Léa is going out with Fabien, but is thinking of leaving him. Blanche falls for Léa's handsome and witty friend Alexandre, but is tongue-tied whenever she meets him. Léa goes on holiday and Blanche, still smitten with the dashing Alexandre, begins to get to know Fabien.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Les Films du Losange

Investimage

Compagnie Éric Rohmer

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Cast

Blanche

Emmanuelle Chaulet

Léa

Sophie Renoir

Alexandre

François-Eric Gendron

Fabien

Éric Viellard

Adrienne

Anne-Laure Meury

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