My Worst Nightmare
My Worst Nightmare (original title: Mon pire cauchemar) is a 2011 French-Belgian comedy-drama film written and directed by Anne Fontaine, starring Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Poelvoorde and André Dussollier.
Plot
Icy, uptight Agathe is a successful art dealer who lives with her longtime partner François, a publisher, and their teenage son Adrien in a wealthy quarter of Paris. Adrien is an underachiever at school, and Agathe is desperate to keep him on track to a good education. At a parent-teacher conference, she clashes with Patrick, who is the father of one of Adrien's friends, Tony. Unlike the reserved and repressed François, Patrick is a vulgar, but fun-loving blue-collar skirt-chaser. François becomes intrigued by Patrick's carefree lifestyle and hires him to renovate the family's apartment, much to Agathe's chagrin. Patrick and Agathe clash repeatedly due to their differences, and Agathe is distraught when François lets the homeless Patrick live at the apartment even after renovations are completed. However, Agathe develops a soft spot for the brilliant but underprivileged Tony, especially when Adrien's grades seem to improve due to his influence.
More details
| author | Anne Fontaine Nicolas Mercier |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Belgium Paris |
| director | Anne Fontaine |
| editor | Luc Barnier Nelly Ollivault |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | art dealer art show cheat drink expel foster care frame live at morning open party social services social worker teenage son want wed |
| musicBy | Bruno Coulais |
| producer | Jérôme Seydoux Philippe Carcassonne |
| publisher | Pathé |