Caprice, a romantic comedy directed by Emmanuel Mouret, will air on France 4 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 9:00 PM. Also available on france.tv, the film brings together Emmanuel Mouret, Virginie Efira, Anaïs Demoustier and Laurent Stocker.
Clément, a shy elementary schoolteacher, is smitten with Alicia, a renowned theatre actress. When he becomes his nephew’s private tutor, he finally closes the gap and sees his dream come true. But meeting Caprice, a spontaneous young woman who has feelings for him, throws this fragile love balance off course.
Released in French cinemas on April 22, 2015, Caprice places its characters at the heart of a delicate game of longing between desire, fidelity, and hesitation. The film casts the two principal female roles with Virginie Efira and Anaïs Demoustier, while Laurent Stocker plays Thomas, Clément’s friend.
Our take on Caprice:
Caprice, in theaters April 22, 2015, is a film by Emmanuel Mouret with dazzling charm. It follows a schoolteacher who falls for a stage actress and ends up marrying her: at the height of happiness, he encounters Caprice, a lively young woman who shakes up his world. A cinema marvel, luminous and theatrical.
Emmanuel Mouret, the movie’s lead, has the allure of shy Parisians: weepy in the theaters, discreet and a touch clumsy, he performs as he directs his film, with a delicacy and care that feel almost written in the stars.
Yet Caprice isn’t a rigid piece: while you can sense the director’s strong signature and his longing for theatricality, the image’s brightness and the actors’ smiles turn Caprice into a tangy little confection, telling the story of a man whose orderly life unravels in the blissful commotion of two gorgeous women.
Love, lovers, and flirtations intertwine here in a cheerful chorus of lovebirds. The deception isn’t mean-spirited; on the contrary, it’s an invitation to happiness—for more than one person.
The lover is light and funny (Anaïs Demoustier, ever more captivating and here particularly lively), the wife is as soft as the white cashmere sweaters she wears (Virginie Efira, who never ceases to surprise us with her trajectory), the slightly treacherous friend is the gentlest of men (Laurent Stocker)…
Carried by a quartet of performers as much as by a distinctly French directing sensibility, Caprice sweeps audiences into its gilded, sparkling wake: cultivated yet modest, in love yet not wantonly libertine, fresh and still classic, the film is an absolute success—both for its postcard-perfect Parisian aesthetics (more Woody Allen than a tourist brochure) and for its smart, witty dialogue. How to put it… watching Caprice is pure joy: it’s worth looking away from the sun for a few moments!
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