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What's in a Name? (2012) on Netflix

NR20121h 49mComedyDrama

Vincent joins his sister Élisabeth, her husband Pierre and their old friend Claude for dinner. The name he has chosen for his unborn son turns the evening into an argument.

  • Netflix3.6/5
  • IMDb7.3/1020,407 votes
  • Rotten Tomatoes71%

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Vincent, who works in real estate and is expecting a child, sits down to dinner at the home of his sister Élisabeth and her husband Pierre. Claude, a trombonist with Radio France's orchestra and a friend of all three since childhood, is there too, and Vincent's wife Anna is delayed by a business meeting. Vincent is a wealthy businessman, Pierre a university professor, Élisabeth a high school literature teacher. To pass the time before the meal, Vincent pretends that his unborn son will be called Adolphe, after a French literary hero. Pierre hears an echo of Adolf Hitler and objects, and the practical joke turns into a quarrel. Vincent admits the joke to Claude, while Élisabeth, occupied with the cooking, misses most of it.

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