Synopsis
A chance meeting with Aie, a waitress with a strange name, will drive a 50 year old neurotic man, Robert, crazy.
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Cast
- André DussollierRobert
- Hélène FillièresAïe
- Emmanuelle DevosClaire
- Gisèle CasadesusRobert's mother
- Lucien PascalRobert's father
- Lucienne HamonAïe's mother
- Alain RimouxAïe's father
- Anne Le NyMarie
- Jean-Baptiste MalartreDavid, Robert's friend
- Olivier CruveillerFrançois, Claire's boyfriend
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
Delightful comedy of manners. - 50
Village Voice
If nothing else, Sophie Fillières's Ouch! is a secret pop culture index. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
It's neither romantic nor particularly funny. - 38
New York Post
A strange Gallic imitation of a Woody Allen comedy, replete with a neurotic older hero. - 38
New York Daily News
The marvelous Dussolier makes a poignantly aging lothario, but Fillieres is so off-puttingly strange, we don't really care what she thinks about. - 20
The New York Times
"Ouch!" is also what you might exclaim as you pinch yourself to stay awake through the film's slow, labored contrivances.
