En attendant Avril (2018): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2018, En attendant Avril is a komödie film directed by Olivier Godin, running about 78 minutes.

What it’s about. Waiting for April is a romantic, epic cop comedy freely inspired by songs and medieval fables collected by storyteller Michel Faubert. Detective Haffigan investigates a mysterious singing bone, a talisman endowed with dangerous powers, and chased after by a coterie of second-rate outlaws. The bone turns out to be in possession of Mithridate, a seductive actor with a gorilla’s right arm. Haffigan expresses romantic interest in the charming comedian, but he rebuffs her, instead setting his sights on Eleonore, a cashier at the Bank of Permanent Fog, who promises to liberate him from the bone’s curse.

Who’s in it. En attendant Avril stars Étienne Pilon as Mithridate le Dépeupleur, Michel Faubert as Le conteur, Johanna Nutter as Haffigan and François Simon Poirier as Alexandre Larose, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.0/10, En attendant Avril has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch En attendant Avril page.

If you liked it. Fans of En attendant Avril tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Das Leben ist schön and Fight Club.