The Twin (1984 film)

The Twin (French: Le jumeau) is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Yves Robert, starring Pierre Richard, Camilla More and Carey More.[1] The film's screenplay is based on Donald Westlake's novel Two Much.

The Twin
Film Poster
Directed byYves Robert
Produced byDanièle Delorme
Xavier Gelin
Yves Robert
Fideline Films
Les Productions de La Guéville
Written byDonald Westlake (novel)
Élisabeth Rappeneau
Based onTwo Much by Donald E. Westlake
StarringPierre Richard
Camilla More
Carey More
Narrated byPierre Richard
Music byVladimir Cosma
CinematographyJean Harnois
Edited byPierre Gillette
Distributed byAAA
Roissy Films
Release date
October 10, 1984 (France)
December 19, 1985 (West Germany)
Running time
104 min
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Its American/Spanish remake Two Much, starring Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith, was released in 1995.

Plot

The financially troubled businessman Matthias Duval gets to know two beautiful unwed sisters. Betty and Liz Kerner are twins and they are about to inherit a fortune. But the according last will states they mustn't receive the assets unless they are married. Duval tries to solve the issue by pretending he was a twin too. He invents a twin brother and in order to make everybody believe there was a second person with his looks he creates for his imagined brother a character very different from his own. But this leads to unforeseen complications.

Cast

References

  1. "The Twin". unifrance.org. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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