Serial (Bad) Weddings
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French theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Philippe de Chauveron |
| Produced by | Romain Rojtman |
| Written by | Philippe de Chauveron Guy Laurent |
| Screenplay by | Philippe de Chauveron Guy Laurent |
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Christian Clavier Chantal Lauby Ary Abittan Frédéric Chau Frédérique Bel Élodie Fontan |
| Music by | Marc Chouarain |
| Cinematography | Vincent Mathias |
| Edited by | Sandro Lavezzi |
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Les films du 24
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| Distributed by | UGC Distribution |
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Running time
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97 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $12.8 million |
| Box office | $148.5 million |
Serial (Bad) Weddings (French: Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ?) is a French comedy film directed by Philippe de Chauveron released in 2014.
Claude Verneuil, a Gaullist notary, and his wife Marie, a Catholic bourgeois from Chinon, are parents of four daughters: Isabelle, Odile, Ségolène, and Laure. The three eldest are already married to men, each one of a different religion and a different ethnic origin: Isabelle married Rashid Ben Assem, an Algerian Muslim lawyer, Odile married David Benichou, a Sephardi Jew entrepreneur, and Ségolène married Chao Ling, a Han Chinese banker who is open to all religious beliefs. The Verneuils pretend to accept their sons-in-law but have had a hard time hiding their discomfort at accepting people into the family from outside the community. A family meeting is spoiled because of the awkwardness and clichés about race and religion, expressed as much by the father as by the sons-in-law who even exchange insulting communitarian views to and about each other.
The Verneuils, in despair, put all their hope in their youngest daughter Laure, that she will bring home a Catholic partner, going so far as to arrange an "accidental" meeting with Xavier, a young Catholic man who works in finance. However, Laure reveals that she had chosen a Catholic partner named Charles Kofi, and wishes to marry him. Laure's parents are overjoyed and readily forgive his occupation as a comedian and actor. On the first meeting, however, they are shocked when they discover that the man to whom their daughter is engaged is a West African from the Ivory Coast. Claude begins to sink into depression and spends his time cutting down trees and fishing. Meanwhile, the three sons-in-law get together and plan to stop Laure's marriage out of fear that their friendship will be threatened by a fourth member.
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