Alibi.com

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Alibi.com
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Directed by Philippe Lacheau
Written byJulien Arruti
Philippe Lacheau
Pierre Dudan
Produced byAlexandra Fechner
Franck Milcent
Starring Philippe Lacheau
Élodie Fontan
Julien Arruti
Tarek Boudali
Didier Bourdon
Nathalie Baye
CinematographyDominique Colin
Edited byOlivier Michaut-Alchourroun
Music byMaxime Desprez
Michael Tordjman
Production
company
Fechner Films
Distributed by StudioCanal
Release date
  • 15 February 2017 (2017-02-15)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$7.6 million [1]
Box office$29.3 million [2]

Alibi.com is a 2017 French comedy film. It is directed by Philippe Lacheau. [3]

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Plot

Grégory Van Huffel, called Greg, is the head of Alibi.com, an agency for cheating people. The agency provides the infidelities with the alibi they need to keep their affairs secret from their partners.

Greg meets lawyer Florence Martin by chance. While his company is growing successfully, Grégory falls in love with Florence, who, due to bad experiences, considers honesty to be the greatest good in a relationship. That's why Greg hides his job and says he's a steward.

During a trip to their parents' country house together, Greg discovers that Florence's father Gérard is one of his customers at Alibi.com. While Florence's mother, Marlène, assumes that her husband is on a business trip, Gérard meets with Cynthia in a hotel in Cannes. Various circumstances mean that Florence and her mother also check into the hotel in Cannes, where they meet Gérard. In an emergency, Gérard contacts Greg. To get Gérard's alibi, Greg had to pretend to Florence that he was traveling to Tanzania. So under no circumstances should he run into her ...

In the end, Gérard and Greg become repentant sinners, while Cynthia publishes Alibi.com's customer list on the Internet.

Cast

Reception

Box office

Alibi.com has grossed $29.3 million worldwide [2] against a production budget of $7.6 million. [1]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. [4]

Remake

An Italian remake entitled L'agenzia dei bugiardi (lit. 'The agency of liars') was released in January 2019. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 JP. "Alibi.com (2017)- JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Alibi.com". Box Office Mojo . Amazon . Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Avis sur le film Alibi.com". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Alibi.com (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "L'agenzia dei bugiardi". Cinematografo (in Italian). 15 January 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.


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