FFF 2012:Hunting & Gathering(Ensemble, c`est tout) (M)

Based on the best-selling novel by Anna Gavalda, Hunting and Gathering follows the lives of four protagonists living in Paris, over the course of a year. Beloved star Audrey Tautou (AMELIE) plays a fragile and reclusive young woman who meets Philibert (Laurent Stocker), an amicable young aristocrat with a penchant for helping people out, despite his awkward stutter. The two quickly develop a friendship, which soon encounters an obstacle in the form of Philibert`s womanizing, bad-tempered flatmate Franck (Guillaume Canet.) Franck`s supremely bad attitude masks a private pain; his distress over the failing health of his beloved grandmother, Paulette (Françoise Bertin.)Full of wry humour, razor-sharp observation and redolent of Paris and its foibles, food, and deserted corners, Hunting and Gathering charms and uplifts in the tradition of the best European cinema.