Love Songs For Tough Guys (Cette musique ne joue pour personne) Caloundra

Trailer HERE

Cannes Film Festival/Sydney Film Festival

Featuring a delicious ensemble cast led by the fabulous François Damiens, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi  and Vanessa Paradis the hilarious new romantic comedy from Samuel Benchetrit  is an affectionate story about a disparate group of ordinary people finding love and fulfillment through an unexpected source: the arts.

In the port city of Dunkirk, weary crime boss Jeff (The Bélier Family’s wonderful Damiens) two problems his turf is being muscled upon and  he’s fallen for Roxane, a supermarket cashier he adores from afar. He tries to win her heart by writing love poems, ( not somethign he is at all comfortable with) but doesn’t have the courage to deliver them.

Meanwhile, Jeff's grizzled and near-mute enforcer is sent to shake down local suburban widow Suzanne (a never-better Paradis), who is preparing to portray Simone de Beauvoir in the community theatre’s annual musical, but instead finds…