Five Funny French Films: Home Sweet Home (Un village Presque parfait)

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Five Funny French Films. Standing-room-only audiences have enjoyed this popular film series, now making its sixth appearance. Don’t miss the uniquely French sense of humor in these Houston premieres.

Presented with generous support from L’Alliance Française de Houston; Nina and Michael Zilkha.

Home Sweet Home (Un village Presque parfait)

Directed by Stéphane Meunier
2014, in French with English subtitles
France
98 minutes

Saint-Far-la-Mauderne is a provincial village hit hard by the recession. The town’s mayor (Didier Bourdon) intends to secure a loan to reopen the salmon smoking factory, but the application requires the parish to have a full-time doctor.

After getting no response to dozens of letters sent to Paris inviting doctors to their village, one doctor (Lorànt Deutsch) is offered the post in lieu of being arrested for drug possession.

His arrival prompts the town to roll out the red carpet and welcome the new physician. . . making the village seem more idyllic than it really is.