Men, Women: A User's Manual () is a 1996 French film directed by Claude Lelouch.
Plot Fabio, a Paris cop, and a lawyer, Benoit, meet at the same clinic to have their ulcers checked. The two realize they share a passion for women but cannot stand the stress of living with them.
Cast Bernard Tapie - Benoit Blanc Fabrice Luchini - Fabio Lini Alessandra Martines - Doctor Nitez Pierre Arditi - Lerner Ticky Holgado - Toc Toc, Loulou's father Agnès Soral - Fabio Lini's girlfriend Ophélie Winter - Pretty Blonde of Crillon Patrick Husson - Falsetto singer (voice) Salomé Lelouch - Lola Dufour (credited as Salomé) Christophe Hémon - Loulou, boy from train William Leymergie - Dufour Caroline Cellier - Madame Blanc Gisèle Casadesus - Clara Blanc, Benoit's mother Daniel Gélin - The widower Anouk Aimée - The widow Philippe Khorsand - Restaurant chief Ginette Garcin Antoine Duléry Julien Courbey
Production The film was the acting debut of businessman-turned-politician Bernard Tapie. A prominent public figure in France, Tapie had been the owner of Adidas and the Olympique de Marseille soccer team, a member of the European Parliament and briefly a government member. Following his bankruptcy and inelegibility from public office, Tapie turned to artistic endeavors with Lelouch capitalizing for this film on his fame among the French public.
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