The Joy of Singing

(2008)

★ 3.4 IMDb · 10 votes

Genres: Comedy, Crime

Year: 2008

Runtime: 99 мин

Country: France

Director: Ilan Duran Cohen

Cast: Marina Foïs, Lorànt Deutsch, Caroline Ducey, Pierre Palmade, Jeanne Balibar, Julien Baumgartner, Nathalie Richard, Dominique Reymond, Antoine Gouy, Pierre Maillet

Plot

A banker has died. He trafficked in nuclear material, so French intelligence assign two agents to find his list of contacts, which are on a flash drive: Muriel - the boss, acerbic, willing to sleep with any man, wondering if she should have a child - and Philippe, younger, boyish, meticulous, bothered by Muriel's frank sexual interest. They watch Constance, the banker's widow: a naïve, friendly, open, trusting. She's taking opera lessons, so the French spies join the class, which Muriel enjoys. It seems that other spies are after the same USB, and some of them sing as well. Singing, spying, and sex lead to duets of all kinds as well as to an eventual showdown.