Oui, mais...

A fascinating, wonderfully-acted drama about therapy and relationships. This is the best movie I've seen about any kind of therapy, and I really love it! Emilie Dequenne, one my favorite actresses, is excellent!

I just had a wonderful time watching this film...this is one of my favorite films!

I love this movie. It is one of the most realistic and ethical depictions of a psychotherapist, and the process of brief therapy, in film; for this reason, it was nominated for an award by the Media Watch Committee of the American Psychological Association. The depictions of the teenagers and their concerns are also realistic, funny, and tender. The film has a beautiful, memorable soundtrack; the photography is equally beautiful. Oui, Mais is a film I show in my Psychological Issues in Film graduate classes, and I look forward to seeing it each time. Anyone who is interested in psychotherapy or adolescents - or anyone who simply wants to see a charming film - should see Oui, Mais.

This movie is really great and was suggested to my by a reference in a book. I was amazed by the beginning and way it explains you the story. You have part which are the story that this teenager is living, and part which are the explanation of the psychologist.

You have different games in it : 1) the psi is speaking to you and gives explanations to you about the games played by the person

2) but he also speaks with his client

3) you have also moment where regarding the option you take the same part of the movie is played again.

Really a pedagogic movie and fantastic examples of different concepts of psychology, people games !

"Oui, mais..." mirrors the emotion of "American Beauty" but at the same is full of laughs. The film is about a teen that sees a psych to analyze her relationships (with her parents and her boyfriend). The film's two youngest actors, Emilie Dequenne (Eglantine) and Cyrille Thouvenin (Sebastien), really pull you into the story and have great on-screen chemistry. I first saw the film at the Virginia Commonwealth University French Film Festival in Richmond, VA and wanted to purchase it. Being able to buy the DVD or VHS of "Oui, mais..." in the US (instead paying a fortune to have it shipped from France) would be wonderful.

Although the film has been on the cinema in other countries, we are still waiting for it in Germany. I wonder why, since "Oui, mais..." is such an elegant revelation of the popular psychologic games making our lives a hell... and such a beautiful, light, warm and entertaining homage to what therapy can do.

Particularly when you're an adolescent still having all choices of life to make (partner, profession, lifestyle). It's true, 17-year-old Eglantine has fallen in a cesspool (her mom being depressive and alcoholic, her Dad paying off his love in bills for good marks, her first love having slight difficulties in diffentiating sex from love, and she herself being afraid of leaving the nest). Fortunately for her, Erwann Moenner, therapist, talkative and therefore appearing very human, shows her how she can come out of the s***, have a good shower, understand how she could have fallen in the cesspool and perhaps afterwards, read scholarly books on s***...

I had the privilege to see the film on a francophone TV-channel and was deeply touched. Being able to see it again in a German cinema would be just wonderful.