"Cousin Cousine" is a French comedy from 1975, directed by Jean-Charles Tacchella, who co- wrote the screenplay.
We start at a post-wedding dinner which nailed post-wedding dinners: adults drunk, kids bored to tears, too much said for comfort. The plot is that Marthe (Marie-Christine Barrault) and Ludovic (Victor Lanoux) become friends, platonic at first, but we watch the relationship blossom into love, then reach fruition.
The twist is that they are married. Marthe is married to Pascal (Guy Marchand) and Ludovic to Karine (Marie-France Pisier). Marthe and Ludovic meet at the wedding because Pascal and Karine are off having sex, and Marthe and Ludovic are having to wait for the couple to return. Marthe and Ludovic are distant cousins (he's cousin, she's cousine), but then everybody at the wedding is more or less related.
It's a quiet, subtle comedy where not much ever happens. We just get to watch the blossoming of new love. The families, of course, know all (or imagine even more) that's going on between them, and Karine and Pascal are somewhat indignant at the goings on between the Marthe and Ludovic. But there's a whole movie in those other family members, so we get to spend some quality time with the aunts, uncles, and other cousins as we follow our lovers to other weddings and a funeral.
We start at a post-wedding dinner which nailed post-wedding dinners: adults drunk, kids bored to tears, too much said for comfort. The plot is that Marthe (Marie-Christine Barrault) and Ludovic (Victor Lanoux) become friends, platonic at first, but we watch the relationship blossom into love, then reach fruition.
The twist is that they are married. Marthe is married to Pascal (Guy Marchand) and Ludovic to Karine (Marie-France Pisier). Marthe and Ludovic meet at the wedding because Pascal and Karine are off having sex, and Marthe and Ludovic are having to wait for the couple to return. Marthe and Ludovic are distant cousins (he's cousin, she's cousine), but then everybody at the wedding is more or less related.
It's a quiet, subtle comedy where not much ever happens. We just get to watch the blossoming of new love. The families, of course, know all (or imagine even more) that's going on between them, and Karine and Pascal are somewhat indignant at the goings on between the Marthe and Ludovic. But there's a whole movie in those other family members, so we get to spend some quality time with the aunts, uncles, and other cousins as we follow our lovers to other weddings and a funeral.