My Best Friend (2006 film)
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My Best Friend (Mon Meilleur Ami) is a French film by Patrice Leconte starring Daniel Auteuil and Dany Boon. Wes Anderson is interested in writing and directing a remake.
Plot
François (Auteuil) is a middle-aged Parisian who thinks he has everything. But after telling a story at dinner about a funeral he attended where only a handful of people turned up, his colleagues suggest that no-one would go to his funeral; he may be materially rich, but he has no best friend. Everyone at the dinner table starts to antagonize him about having no friends and he says that he has a best friend. His associate Catherine decides to make a bet with him: in 10 days Francois has to show her his best friend.
The bet is made. François has ten days to produce his best friend, or in François's case, to find one. The stake: his antique vase. As François travels through Paris in a taxi, revisiting old acquaintances who all reject him, he meets a trivia-loving taxi driver, Bruno (Dany Boon). As the two spend an increasing amount of time together, a friendship slowly starts to form. However, François's desire to win the bet threatens to destroy the best friendship he has ever had.
Cast
| Daniel Auteuil | François Coste |
| Dany Boon | Bruno Bouley |
| Julie Gayet | Catherine |
| Julie Durand | Louise Coste |
| Henri Garcin | Étienne Delamotte |
| Jacques Mathou | M. Bouley, Bruno's father |
| Marie Pillet | Mme Bouley, Bruno's mother |
| Élisabeth Bourgine | Julia |
| Jacques Spiesser | Letellier |
| Patrice Leconte | Director |
Remake
Wes Anderson is interested in writing and directing a remake.
