La Belle verte (1996)
Directed by Coline Serreau

Comedy

Film Synopsis

Somewhere in the universe there is a planet whose highly evolved inhabitants live in perfect harmony.  From time to time, some of these happy beings leave their homeworld and set out to explore other worlds.  It has been two centuries since they set foot on planet Earth.  One day, a young woman named Mila decides to make the journey for her own reasons.  Having traversed the vast interstellar void she lands right in the centre of Paris.  Here she discovers a race of irascible beings who inhale unbreatheable air and who eat any old thing.  Made sick by the local cuisine, Mila must recharge herself by making contact with babies.  To that end, she infiltrates a maternity hospital...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Coline Serreau
  • Script: Coline Serreau
  • Cinematographer: Robert Alazraki
  • Music: Coline Serreau
  • Cast: Coline Serreau (Mila), Vincent Lindon (Max), James Thiérrée (Mesaje), Samuel Tasinaje (Mesaul), Marion Cotillard (Macha), Claire Keim (Sonia), Catherine Samie (La femme sage), Paul Crauchet (Osam), Didier Flamand (Homme politique), Patrick Timsit (Présentateur), Denis Podalydès (Papapote), Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Florence), Francis Perrin (Angry bmw driver), Yolande Moreau (La boulangère), Jacques Poitrenaud (Un passant), Lorella Cravotta (La cliente boucherie), Jean-Michel Dagory (Un passant), Catherine Rouchon (Madame Dagnan), Armelle (La femme de la DDASS), Olivier Broche (L'homme de la DDASS)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 99 min

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