| My Best Friend | |
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| Directed by | Patrice Leconte |
| Produced by | Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier |
| Written by | Olivier Dazat, Patrice Leconte, Jerome Tonnerre |
| Starring | Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon |
| Music by | Xavier Dermeliac |
| Cinematography | Jean-Marie Dreujou |
| Distributed by | Wild Bunch |
| Release date(s) | 12 September 2006 |
| Running time | 94 min. |
| Language | French |
| Budget | €11,3 million[1] |
My Best Friend (Mon Meilleur Ami) is a French film starring Daniel Auteuil and Dany Boon.
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François (Auteuil) is a middle-aged Parisian who thinks he has everything. After telling a story at dinner about a funeral he attended where only a handful of people turned up, his colleagues suggest that no-one would go to his funeral. He may be materially rich, but he has no best friend. Everyone at the dinner table starts to antagonise him about having no friends but François says that he does have a best friend. His business partner Catherine decides to make a bet with him: Francois must introduce his best friend within 10 days.
The bet is made. François has ten days to produce his best friend, or in François's case, to find one. The stake is his antique vase. As François travels through Paris in a taxi, revisiting old acquaintances who all reject him, he meets a trivia-loving taxi driver, Bruno (Dany Boon). As the two spend an increasing amount of time together, a friendship slowly starts to form. However, François's desire to win the bet threatens to destroy the best friendship he has ever had.
Wes Anderson is interested in writing and directing a remake.[2] He completed a draft for the script in 2009.[3]
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