Three Men and a Cradle

Trois hommes et un couffin
Film poster
Directed by	Coline Serreau
Produced by	Jean-Francois Lepetit
Written by	Coline Serreau
Starring	Roland Giraud Michel Boujenah André Dussollier Dominique Lavanant Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
Music by	Franz Schubert
Cinematography	Jean-Jacques Bouhon Jean-Yves Escoffier
Edited by	Catherine Renault
Distributed by	Acteurs Auteurs Associés
Release dates	1985 (1985)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Three Men and a Cradle (French: Trois hommes et un couffin) is a 1985 French comedy film by Coline Serreau. The film was remade in Hollywood as Three Men and a Baby in 1987 which was subsequently remade into 4 Indian movies in four distinct languages.

Plot

Three young men (Jacques, Pierre and Michel) share an apartment in Paris, and have many girlfriends and parties (During the movie, we even learn that they have signed a contract never to allow a girl to spend more than one night at their place). Once, during a party, a friend of Jacques' tells him he has a quite compromising package (which turned out to be heroin) to deliver, and asks him if he can leave it discreetly at their place. Jacques agrees and, as he works as a steward, flies away for a one-month trip in Japan, telling Pierre and Michel about the package. Then, one of Jacques' former girlfriends drops a baby before their door, making Pierre and Michel believing it is the package they are waiting for. Their lives are then completely changed. This movie follows the bachelors as they deal with angry gangsters, suspicious cops, and the overwhelming responsibility of fatherhood.

Cast

Roland Giraud as Pierre
Michel Boujenah as Michel
André Dussollier as Jacques
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvia
Dominique Lavanant as Madame Rapons
Marthe Villalonga as Antoinette
Annick Alane as The Pharmacist

Trivia

A second film by Coline Serreau, with the same characters, the same actors and called 18 ans après (18 Years After) was released in 2003.

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards (USA)
- Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film^[1]
César Awards (France)
- Won: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Michel Boujenah)
- Won: Best Film
- Won: Best Writing (Coline Serreau)
- Nominated: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Dominique Lavanant)
- Nominated: Best Director (Coline Serreau)
- Nominated: Most Promising Actress (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu)
Golden Globe Awards (USA)
- Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film
National Academy of Cinema (France)
- Won: Academy Award (Coline Serreau)

Remakes

Trois hommes et un couffin was remade in English as Three Men and a Baby in 1987 which was subsequently adapted asThoovalsparsham (1990) in Malayalam which was then remade in Telugu as Chinnari Muddula Papa, into Asathal (2001) in Tamil and Heyy Babyy (2007) in Hindi.

References

↑ "The 58th Academy Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-11-10.

External links

Trois hommes et un couffin: Trois hommes et un couffin at the Internet Movie Database; Three Men and a Cradle at AllMovie
18 ans après: 18 ans après at the Internet Movie Database; 18 ans après at AllMovie

French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

1948–1960	Monsieur Vincent (1948) The Walls of Malapaga (1950) Forbidden Games (1952) Gervaise (1956) Gates of Paris (1957) My Uncle (1958) Black Orpheus (1959) La Vérité (1960)

1961–1980	Last Year at Marienbad (1961) Sundays and Cybele (1962) The Fire Within (1963) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Pierrot le Fou (1965) A Man and a Woman (1966) Live for Life (1967) Stolen Kisses (1968) My Night with Maud (1969) Hoa-Binh (1970) Ramparts of Clay (1971) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Day for Night (1973) Lacombe, Lucien (1974) India Song (1975) Cousin, cousine (1976) Madame Rosa (1977) Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) A Simple Story (1979) The Last Metro (1980)

1981–2000	Diva (1981) Coup de Torchon (1982) Entre Nous (1983) So Long, Stooge (1984) Three Men and a Cradle (1985) Betty Blue (1986) Au revoir, les enfants (1987) La Lectrice (1988) Camille Claudel (1989) Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Van Gogh (1991) Indochine (1992) Germinal (1993) Wild Reeds (1994) French Twist (1995) Ridicule (1996) Western (1997) The Dreamlife of Angels (1998) East/West (1999) The Taste of Others (2000)

2001–present	Amélie (2001) 8 Women (2002) Bon Voyage (2003) The Chorus (2004) Joyeux Noël (2005) Avenue Montaigne (2006) Persepolis (2007) The Class (2008) A Prophet (2009) Of Gods and Men (2010) Declaration of War (2011) The Intouchables (2012) Renoir (2013) Saint Laurent (2014) Mustang (2015)

César Award for Best Film

1976–1999	Le vieux fusil (1976) Monsieur Klein (1977) Providence (1978) L'argent des autres (1979) Tess (1980) The Last Metro (1981) Quest for Fire (1982) La Balance (1983) Le Bal and À Nos Amours (1984, tie) My New Partner (1985) Three Men and a Cradle (1986) Thérèse (1987) Au revoir les enfants (1988) Camille Claudel (1989) Too Beautiful for You (1990) Cyrano de Bergerac (1991) Tous les Matins du Monde (1992) Savage Nights (1993) Smoking/No Smoking (1994) Wild Reeds (1995) La Haine (1996) Ridicule (1997) Same Old Song (1998) The Dreamlife of Angels (1999)

2000–2019	Venus Beauty Institute (2000) The Taste of Others (2001) Amélie (2002) The Pianist (2003) The Barbarian Invasions (2004) Games of Love and Chance (2005) The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2006) Lady Chatterley (2007) The Secret of the Grain (2008) Séraphine (2009) A Prophet (2010) Of Gods and Men (2011) The Artist (2012) Amour (2013) Me, Myself and Mum (2014) Timbuktu (2015) Fatima (2016)

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