Les Emotifs anonymes
Romantics Anonymous
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French rom-com set in a chocolate factory that chronicles the awkward and masked romance between two abnormally shy people who both suffer from hyper-emotionalism.
"'I have no problem with women,' chocolatier Jean-René assures his therapist. 'They just terrify me, that’s all.' He masks his affliction by giving abrupt orders to his chocolate factory staff and hiding in his office. When Angelique, also acutely timid, drums up the courage to apply for a job at the factory, she’s under the mistaken impression she’ll be doing what she does best: making chocolates. Her role is in fact to market the wares and boost declining sales, an excruciating task for a person who faints when praised and has developed peculiar strategies to mask her praiseworthy talents." (Source: NZ International Film Festival 2011)
A modest, but absolutely delicious, confection packed with bittersweet humour and genuine charm, Jean-Pierre Améris’ Les Emotifs Anonymes is the kind of painless little art film that folks who steer clear of foreign language fare are happy to be dragged to by a film buff friend.
Carré and Poelvoorde inhabit this offbeat romance with subtle comic skill.
This sprightly tale of two abnormally shy individuals with a shared professional interest in chocolate - neither of whom realises the other also suffers from the constant tension of heightened emotional sensitivity - deserves to get out and see the world.
Synopsis : Comment vivre et aimer quand on est
frappé de timidité maladive? Pour certains d'entre nous la perspective d'un
entretien professionnel ou une simple conversation téléphonique sont des
épreuves insurmontables. Jean-René, patron d’une fabrique de chocolat, et
Angélique, chocolatière de talent, sont deux grands émotifs.
C’est leur passion commune pour le chocolat qui les rapproche. Ils tombent
amoureux l’un de l’autre sans oser se l’avouer. Hélas, leur timidité maladive
tend à les éloigner.
L'amour du chocolat les a réunis mais c'est le secret d'Angélique qui va leur
donner la force d'affronter leurs fantômes en remettant tous leurs sens en
éveil. Un conte moderne où l'amour triomphe de tout, une bouffée d'espoir pour
les émotifs qui attendent leur fée du chocolat.