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Tanguy (film)

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Tanguy
Directed byÉtienne Chatiliez
Written byYolande Zauberman
Étienne Chatiliez
Laurent Chouchan
Produced byCharles Gassot
StarringSabine Azéma
André Dussollier
Éric Berger
CinematographyPhilippe Welt
Edited byCatherine Renault
Music byPascal Andreacchio
Production
company
Distributed byTF1 International
Release date
  • 21 November 2001 (2001-11-21)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$19.8 million[1]
Box office$24.3 million [2]

Tanguy [tɑ̃.ɡi] is a 2001 French black comedy by Étienne Chatiliez.

Plot

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When he was a newborn baby, Edith Guetz thoughtlessly told her son Tanguy : "If you want to, you can stay at home forever". 28 years later, the over-educated university teacher of Asian languages and womanizer leads a successful and wealthy life... while still living in his parents' home. Father Paul Guetz longs to see his son finally leave the nest, a desire that his wife shares. Edith finally agrees and the pair unite to make Tanguy's life at home miserable. However, they don't know that Tanguy isn't the type of guy who easily gives up.

Cast

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Reception

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The film opened at number one in France with a gross of 29 million Francs ($4.2 million).[3] It went on to gross $21.4 million in France and $24.3 million worldwide.[2]

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The word Tanguy became the usual term to designate an adult still living with his parents.

References

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  1. ^ "Tanguy (2001) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ a b "Tanguy". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  3. ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 3 December 2001. p. 15.
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