The Twin
The Twin is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Yves Robert, starring Pierre Richard, Camilla More and Carey More. Based on Donald Westlake's novel Two Much, the story involves an indebted Frenchman who meets a pair of beautiful and rich American twin sisters. Inventing a twin brother, he manages to marry both and live their opulent lifestyle.
Plot
Owner of a struggling business in Paris, Matthias Duval stakes all he has in a game of poker and loses. At a party he meets a beautiful young American, Liz, and they soon end up in bed. Next morning she says that she has a twin called Betty, to which he jokes that he has a twin called Mathieu. When he meets Betty, she says she must meet his brother. Creating a different persona as "Mathieu", he starts romancing Betty as well. What he does not know is that each sister must get married by the end of the year or she will lose her share of the fortune left by their parents. The lawyer in charge of the estate, Volpinex, warns Matthias to stay away from them.
More details
| author | Donald E. Westlake Élisabeth Rappeneau Yves Robert |
|---|---|
| director | Yves Robert |
| editor | Pierre Gillette |
| events | twin |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | business trip create end engage isolated learn married morning one night sexual freedom struggle |
| musicBy | Vladimir Cosma |
| producer | Danièle Delorme Fideline Films Les Productions de La Guéville Xavier Gélin Yves Robert |
| publisher | AAA Roissy Films |
| theme | romantic comedy screwball comedy |