- Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator
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Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator Directed by Édouard Molinaro Music by Murray Head Release date(s) 1988 Running time 78 min Country France Language French Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator (French: À gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur) is a 1988 French comedy written by Gérard Lauzier (based on his play), directed by Édouard Molinaro, and starring Pierre Richard, Emmanuelle Béart, and Richard Bohringer.
Plot
The plot is based around a successful, yet very shy painter Yann (Pierre Richard) who is in love with a married woman Florence (Fanny Cottençon). When he finally manages to have a date with her in his apartment, he has to face big problems. His neighbour Boris, another painter (and an artist maudit) who is extremely jealous towards his young wife Éva, leaves his flat without his suitcase, and when Éva, dressed only in lingerie, runs out of the door to let him know, a draft of air closes her door and she has to ask Yann for help. Unfortunately, that is just the moment when both Boris and Florence turn up. The story gets even more complicated as Florence's husband also comes to Yann's flat, and when Yann, when joking, mistakes a toy gun for a real one, and lightly injures Boris. But eventually all comes to a happy end.
Cast
- Pierre Richard : Yann Ducoudray
- Emmanuelle Béart : Eva
- Richard Bohringer : Boris
- Fanny Cottençon : Florence Arnaud
- Pierre Vernier : Paul Arnaud
- Jean-Michel Dupuis : A friend of Yann
- Michel Creton : First policeman
- Éric Blanc : Second policeman
- Édouard Molinaro : Man by the elevator
External links
The films of Édouard Molinaro 1950s Back to the Wall • The Road to Shame • Witness in the City1960s Une fille pour l'été • The End of Belle • A Touch of Treason • The Seven Deadly Sins (segment) • Arsene Lupin vs. Arsene Lupin • Agent 38-24-36 • Male Hunt • When the Peasants Pass • To Commit a Murder • Oscar • Hibernatus • My Uncle Benjamin1970s La liberté en croupe • The Most Gentle Confessions • Sweet Deception • The Hostage Gang • A Pain in the A... • The Irony of Chance • The Pink Telephone • Dracula and Son • The Hurried Man • La Cage aux Folles • Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses!1980s Sunday Lovers (segment) • La Cage aux Folles II • For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now • Just the Way You Are • Palace • Love on the Quiet • Door on the Left as You Leave the ElevatorScreenplays Le tombeur (1958) (with René Delacroix and Paul Vandenberghe) • La tête dans le sac (1984) (with Gérard Lauzier)Cinema of France Actors · Directors · Cinematographers · Editors · Films A-Z · Producers · Score composers · Screenwriters · Film festivals 
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Categories:- French films
- French-language films
- Films directed by Édouard Molinaro
- 1980s comedy films
- French comedy films
- Films set in Paris
- 1980s French film stubs
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