XXL
synopsis
How life is strange! Place Alexandrie, in the heart of the mainly Jewish Sentier, the rag-trade district of Paris, here, Alain Berrebi is enjoying a happy and prosperous existence in the company of his family in his ready-to-wear boutique XL. Until the day an old Auvergnat dies in the back-of-beyonds of the Cantal and suddenly his life becomes a nightmare. Everyone seems to want to drive poor Berrebi off his rocker, Arlette, his fiancée, the father David Stern, the cousin Nathan. Even the chinese... Sheer hell ! But when you touch rock-bottom, the only way is up. You get burnt, but you emerge with a thirst for life and dreams which become reality.
original title: | XXL |
country: | Spain |
year: | 2004 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Joaquín Andújar |
film run: | 105' |
release date: | ES 05/11/2004 |
screenplay: | Joaquín Andújar |
cast: | Oscar Jaenada, Antonio Dechent, Miriam Díaz Aroca |
cinematography by: | Carlos Suárez |
film editing: | Juan Carlos Arroyo |
art director: | Juan Botella |
music: | Alex Martínez |
production: | Sogecine & Sogepaq (ifta), TriPictures |
distributor: | TriPictures |