Mon meilleur ami

I was so lucky with my Christmas presents. This is another one and it is just so fantastic to be able to get French films here instead of having to leave the country and get them myself. We have moved on! Mon meilleur ami is a great DVD for a lazy Sunday afternoon or a hot day. It is just nice and makes you feel good. It made me laugh a lot too because it is so very French and of course, it is examing the intricacies of friendship. I have seen Daniel Auteuil in lots of French films. He acts with such ease and he makes you laugh because of his straight faced manner. He can appear so innocent and naive and that is the whole point, really. We can all be that innocent and naive. So My Best Friend is not an action film it is about a guy who hasn't really got any firends. He is a very successful businessman but you come to realise he has built a virtual reality, a house of cards which has all these "fixes" which are just woefully inadequate. Then he finds the taxi driver, played extremely well by Dany Boon, and it is the development of this relationship and the the intricate way it is built that makes you think about what friendship is and whether you have real friends and whether your own life is made of  durable or flimsy material. It is a film for all age groups so it would be good family viewing . I have taken the sincère, sympathique et souriant to heart. Good foundation for creating bonds.