My Best Friend is a French film

French Film

French Film is a 2008 British comedy film directed by Jackie Oudney and starring Anne-Marie Duff, Hugh Bonneville, Victoria Hamilton, Douglas Henshall and Eric Cantona. The film was shot in Spring 2007 at various locations around London including Waterloo station and the BFI Southbank.-Plot:Two...

 starring Daniel Auteuil

Daniel Auteuil

Daniel Auteuil is a French film, television and theatre actor.-Early life and education:He was born in Algiers, French Algeria.-Career:...

 and Dany Boon

Dany Boon

Dany Boon is a French comedian who has acted both on the stage and the screen. He takes his stage name from the television show Daniel Boone.-Life and career:...

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Plot

François (Auteuil) is a middle-aged Parisian who thinks he has everything. After telling a story at dinner about a funeral he attended where only a handful of people turned up, his colleagues suggest that no-one would go to his funeral. He may be materially rich, but he has no best friend. Everyone at the dinner table starts to antagonise him about having no friends but François says that he does have a best friend. His business partner Catherine decides to make a bet with him: Francois must introduce his best friend within 10 days.

The bet is made. François has ten days to produce his best friend, or in François's case, to find one. The stake is his antique vase. As François travels through Paris in a taxi, revisiting old acquaintances who all reject him, he meets a trivia-loving taxi driver, Bruno (Dany Boon). As the two spend an increasing amount of time together, a friendship slowly starts to form. However, François's desire to win the bet threatens to destroy the best friendship he has ever had.
This film is based on a true story lived by Daniel Auteuil in the 70's when he was a dog breeder in Mâcon

Mâcon

Mâcon is a small city in central France. It is prefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department, in the region of Bourgogne, and the capital of the Mâconnais district. Mâcon is home to over 35,000 residents, called Mâconnais.-Geography:...

Remake

Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson

Wesley Wales Anderson is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer of features, short films and commercials....

is interested in writing and directing a remake. He completed a draft for the script in 2009.