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The Joy of Singing
The Joy of Singing
7.1
/10
226 Ratings

THE JOY OF SINGING

Le plaisir de chanter

Directed by Ilan Duran Cohen
France, 2008
Comedy, Thriller

Synopsis

Muriel and Philippe work for an intelligence agency and form an unlikely pair. Their latest assignment is to find a memory stick hidden by Constance, the widow of a murdered uranium trafficker. This strangely naïve, wealthy woman leads the couple to an opera singing class filled with other spies.

Synopsis

Muriel and Philippe work for an intelligence agency and form an unlikely pair. Their latest assignment is to find a memory stick hidden by Constance, the widow of a murdered uranium trafficker. This strangely naïve, wealthy woman leads the couple to an opera singing class filled with other spies.

Our take

Director Ilan Duran Cohen has called his film The Joy of Singing an “anti-romantic comedy,” but it’s also a bizarre and bravely unpredictable policier. With sharp-witted dialogue, and starring actors Jeanne Balibar and Marina Foïs, this spy caper excels in the charming absurdism of its script.