Romantics Anonymous
- Benoit Poelvoorde: Jean -René Van Den Hugde
- Isabelle Carré: Angélique Delange
- Lorella Cravotta: Magda
- Lise Lamétrie: Suzanne
- Swann Arlaud: Antoine
- Pierre Niney: Ludo
- Stéphan Wojtowicz: psychologist
Romantics Anonymous ( original title: Les émotifs anonymous ). , Is a French film from the year 2011 The main roles in the romantic comedy by director Jean -Pierre Ameris Benoit Poelvoorde and Isabelle Carré play.
Action
Jean -René is a contact- shy entrepreneur who has worked as a chocolatier. The company, which he heads, is immediately before the bankruptcy, because it is not on the one hand to be able to market its products successfully and on the other hand, the traditional recipes no longer meet the tastes of the time. Angélique, in dealing with people just as anxious as Jean- René, is running at the almost bankrupt chocolate operation. You want to get a job in production, but is set by a misunderstanding in sales, which turns out to be miscast due to their shyness. Even at the interview itself Angélique and Jean -René had fallen in love, without being able to admit this. Gradually, they come closer to what it culminates at a dinner that Jean -René need every minute to the toilet to change the sweat- shirt.
Angélique has a number of extremely tasty chocolate recipes, but is not due to their shyness in a position to reveal their talent, which is why they invented the legend of a hermit, to which they have contact and they anleite so they do not reveal himself as a talent needs. As part of a chocolate fair, there is a night of love between Angélique and Jean -René. However, when she speaks of marriage, he panics and disappears, and she threatens to leave his business and thus the company would break his neck. But through other employees are Angélique and Jean -René come close again, to finally become a couple. On the wedding day but both are so insecure that they leave and break the church together.
Background
Director ameris suffered in the past, as well as his protagonist Jean -René and Angelique, at high sensitivity.
Reviews
The lexicon of the International film described the film as " endearingly turbulent love story with touchingly drawn main characters in the style of classic screwball comedies ." The online edition of the Focus praised, Ameris create " French Chocolate cinema at its best", and raised the humor of the film and the " in the German translation splendid dialogues " out. The filmdienst judged the anonymous romantics as " beautiful, romantic comedy ," the " how many romances of American Screwball Comedy [ ... ] of a series of charming misunderstandings" there.