Friendship and Theatre Plays of Jean-Pierre Martinez

If we don’t choose our family, we do choose our friends. Sometimes poorly. The hypocrisy in our relationships with so-called “friends” is the subject of countless comedies. Misunderstandings, jealousy, rivalries, betrayals, reconciliations…

Sloth, greed, envy, lust, pride, wrath, gluttony... How can you indulge in all seven deadly sins in a single evening, without ever leaving the comfort of your home, and without risking a one-way ticket to hell?

Alex and Emma are about to sell their house to some friends before heading abroad to start a new life. However, just after the sales agreement is signed, they discover a hitch – a significant one that could jeopardise the transaction.

You all know that famous website facilitating the reunion with long-lost schoolmates... Unfortunately, nostalgia nights can also turn into nightmares. Having invited over to his place two of his "best buddies" from high school whom he hasn't seen since graduation, a friendly loser triggers their unexpected reunion with a girl who has some unresolved issues with them...

John and Christine have invited two of their friends for dinner at their home in London. Natalie arrives without her husband, distraught, having just heard that the plane bringing him home crashed at sea. Together with the potential widow, they wait with bated breath for news confirming whether her husband is among the survivors... and learn that they are the winners of that evening's super jackpot lottery draw. From that moment, the operative phrase becomes “controlling emotions”. And that is just the beginning of an eventful evening, filled with twists, turns, and shocking revelations.

Mark and Peter are actors, who were once friends but haven’t seen each other for years after their friendship turned into a rivalry, both professionally and in their romantic lives. Now one of them has invited the other on the stage of a theatre to rebuild the friendship they lost with their youth. This attempt at a reconciliation will turn into a settling of scores before opening up the possibility of an unexpected collaboration.

How to Get Rid of Your Best Friends by Jean-Pierre Martinez Sometimes, it’s easier to make friends than to get rid of …

When three people live in a two-room apartment, it means there's one too many. But who?

Rocamor-le-Château is on the verge of being crowned The Most Beautiful Village in France. Meanwhile, the second round of local elections threatens to hand the mayor's office to a candidate from the Populist Front. At La Part des Anges, the village pub, the town's key figures are discussing who will win: the current mayor or his opponent. However, a series of unexpected events disrupts the election process, echoing Winston Churchill's famous assertion: Democracy is the worst form of government—except for all the others.

In adulthood, our lives are not always as we had dreamed them to be at twenty. Conversely, the idealised memory of our twenties is often quite distant from the reality of our youth. Nestled between our dreamt lives and our actual life is the nostalgia for all the possibilities. The eternal question remains: could we really have lived a different life, or was it all written in advance? This bittersweet comedy sketches, in delicate strokes, the tragicomic portrait of a few characters with thwarted destinies.

Fred and Clara are getting married in just a few hours, but Max and Zoe—on the brink of divorce—are about to turn this joyous occasion into an all-out brawl. When tying the knot, it's best to choose your witnesses wisely…

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