Almost Friends (2014 film)

Almost Friends (French: On a failli être amies; also titled The Chef's Wife) is a 2014 French comedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Anne Le Ny, along with Karin Viard, Emmanuelle Devos and Roschdy Zem. It was shot in and around Orléans.^[2]

Almost Friends
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Directed by	Anne Le Ny
Written by	Anne Le Ny Axelle Bachman
Produced by	Bruno Levy
Starring	Karin Viard Emmanuelle Devos Roschdy Zem
Cinematography	Jérôme Alméras
Edited by	Guerric Catala
Music by	Éric Neveux
Production companies	Move Movie Mars Films Cinéfrance 1888 France 2 Cinéma
Distributed by	Mars Distribution
Release dates	16 June 2014 (2014-06-16) (Champs-Élysées) 25 June 2014 (2014-06-25) (France)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$6.2 million[1]
Box office	$2.6 million[1]

Plot

Marithé works in a training centre and her task is to assist people who are seeking alternative job options. One day, Carole arrives at the centre. She has never completed her studies and is starting to feel overshadowed by her husband, Sam, a talented Michelin-starred chef. It seems that it is not a job that Carole needs, but rather about her asserting her own independence and to leave her husband; and Marithé does all to help Carole to set out down a new path. However, things become complicated when the man Marithé is secretly attracted to is Sam.

Cast

• Karin Viard as Marithé Bressy
• Emmanuelle Devos as Carole Drissi
• Roschdy Zem as Sam Drissi
• Anne Le Ny as Nathalie Perusel
• Philippe Rebbot as Pierre Perusel
• Philippe Fretun as Michel
• Annie Mercier as Jackie
• Marion Lécrivain as Dorothée
• Yan Tassin as Théo
• Marion Malenfant as Cynthia
• Xavier de Guillebon as Vincent
• Xavier Béja as Pascal
• Jonathan Cohen as The supervisor