The Twin (film)

The Twin
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Directed by	Yves Robert
Produced by	Danièle Delorme Xavier Gelin Yves Robert Fideline Films Les Productions de La Guéville
Written by	Donald Westlake (novel) Élisabeth Rappeneau
Starring	Pierre Richard Camilla More Carey More
Narrated by	Pierre Richard
Music by	Vladimir Cosma
Cinematography	Jean Harnois
Edited by	Pierre Gillette
Distributed by	AAA Roissy Films
Release dates	October 10, 1984 (France) December 19, 1985 (West Germany)
Running time	104 min
Country	France
Language	French

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

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.

• Pierre Richard - Matthias Duval, "Matthieu Duval"
• Jean-Pierre Kalfon — Ernest Volpinex
• Camilla More — Betty Kerner
• Carey More — Liz Kerner
• Jacques Frantz — Ralph
• Françoise Dorner — Marie
• Andréa Ferréol — Evie
• Jean-Pierre Castaldi — Charlie
• Paul Le Person — the beggar
• Isabelle Strawa — Nikki
• Yves Robert — a man in the elevator (cameo appearance)

External links

• The Twin/Le Jumeau at IMDB
• Review at Films de France
• Trailer at Commeaucimena.com