sincerely yours (amitiés sincères) 2012 region free dvd5 french bcbc

Sincerely Yours (alternate title: True Friends) (French: Amitiés sincères) is a dramatic comedy French film written and directed by Stephan Archinard and starring Gérard Lanvin, Jean-Hugues Anglade and Wladimir Yordanoff.

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Synopsis

Traumatised because his father did not tell him the truth about the death of his mother when he was young, 50-something Walter will not tolerate the slightest lie. He never lies. And he expects his two best friends, Jacques and Paul, and his 20-year-old daughter, Clémence, to be completely truthful as well. Walter takes this attitude an extreme, even leaving his wife because she lied to him once. But Walter's high standards are about to be severely tested when his friends prefer to hide essential facts of their personal lives from him: Jacques' homosexuality and Paul's love affair with…Clémence.



Cast

Gérard Lanvin, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Wladimir Yordanoff, Ana Girardot, Zabou Breitman, Natacha Lindinger, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Jean-François Stévenin, Aladin Reibel, Alexia Barlier, François Briault, Maud Brethenoux, Nicolas Herman, Michaël Abiteboul, Maud Jurez



Sincerely Yours (Amitiés sincères) film review

Mark Adams, December 15th 2012

Walter (Lanvin), Paul (Anglade) and Jacques (Wladimir Yordanoff) have been best of friends since childhood and regularly meet for lunch in Jacques’ bookshop. Restaurant owner Walter is the dynamic heart of their friendship, annoying Jacques with his coffee slurping and over-enthusing about the expensive wine he brings along (“a Chateau Yqnem 1990, $1,000 a bottle” he declares at one lunch), content in his life and desperately proud his bright and bubbly 23 year-old daughter Clemence (Girardot).



But he is unaware of two things that his friends have been keeping from him. Jacques is gay and long hidden the truth from his best friend, while writer Paul has fallen in love with Clemence, and she is equally obsessed with him.



As Paul and Clemence start to sleep with each other (Paul is finally inspired to write again after five years with writers block, writing about his affair with Clemence) and Jacques decides to stand for mayoral office (to the annoyance of Walter who is friends with the current mayor), Walter finds his comfy world changing around him, eventually turning to his ex-wife Stephanie (Zabout Breitman) for advice.



Stephan Archinard and Francois Prevot-Leygonie’s film is short on dramatic surprises but strong on central performances, with the three men convincing as long-time friends who may find face-to-face conversations hard at times but who still share a deep bond. Honest, amusing and tender, Sincerely Yours is an engaging and watchable film, with Gerard Lanvin charismatic at its core.