Three Men and a Cradle

Trois hommes et un couffin
Trois hommes et un couffin
	Film poster
Directed by	Coline Serreau
Written by	Coline Serreau
Produced by	Jean-Francois Lepetit
Starring	Roland Giraud; Michel Boujenah; André Dussollier; Dominique Lavanant; Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu;
Cinematography	Jean-Jacques Bouhon; Jean-Yves Escoffier
Edited by	Catherine Renault
Music by	Franz Schubert
Distributed by	Acteurs Auteurs Associés
Release date	1985;
Running time	106 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Three Men and a Cradle (French: Trois hommes et un couffin) is a 1985 French comedy film by Coline Serreau.^[1] The film was remade in Hollywood as Three Men and a Baby in 1987 which was subsequently remade into six movies in five languages.

Plot[]

Three young men (Jacques, Pierre and Michel) share an apartment in Paris, and have many girlfriends and parties (During the movie, we even learn that they have signed a contract never to allow a girl to spend more than one night at their place). Once, during a party, a friend of Jacques' tells him he has a quite compromising package (which turned out to be heroin) to deliver, and asks him if he can leave it discreetly at their place. Jacques agrees and, as he works as a steward, flies away for a one-month trip in Japan, telling Pierre and Michel about the package. Then, one of Jacques' former girlfriends drops a baby before their door, making Pierre and Michel believe it is the package they are waiting for. Their lives are then completely changed. This movie follows the bachelors as they deal with angry gangsters, suspicious cops, and the overwhelming responsibility of fatherhood.

Cast[]

Roland Giraud as Pierre
Michel Boujenah as Michel
André Dussollier as Jacques
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvia
Dominique Lavanant as Madame Rapons
Marthe Villalonga as Antoinette
Annick Alane as The Pharmacist

Trivia[]

A second film by Coline Serreau, with the same characters, the same actors and called [fr] (18 Years After) was released in 2003.

Accolades[]

Award^[a]	Date of ceremony^[b]	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	24 March 1986	Best Foreign Language Film	Three Men and a Cradle – Coline Serreau	Nominated	^[2]
César Awards	22 February 1986	Best Film	Three Men and a Cradle – Coline Serreau	Won	^[3]
		Best Director	Coline Serreau	Nominated
		Best Writing	Coline Serreau	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Michel Boujenah	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Dominique Lavanant	Nominated
		Most Promising Actress	Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu	Nominated
Golden Globe Awards	31 January 1987	Best Foreign Language Film	Three Men and a Cradle	Nominated	^[4]

Remakes[]

Trois hommes et un couffin was remade by Hollywood in English as Three Men and a Baby in 1987.^[5] This was subsequently adapted into several Indian films, including Baalache Baap Brahmachaari (1989) in Marathi , Thoovalsparsham (1990) in Malayalam which was then remade as Chinnari Muddula Papa (1990) in Telugu, Thayamma (1991) and Asathal (2001) in Tamil, and Heyy Babyy (2007) in Bollywood (Hindi).^{[citation needed]}

Notes[]

^ Awards, festivals and organizations are in alphabetical order.
^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

References[]

^ "FILM: '3 MEN AND CRADLE'". The New York Times. 25 April 1986. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ "The 58th Academy Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ "The 11th César Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ "The 44th Golden Globe Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ "How Three Men And A Baby Was Inspired by a French Film". Den of Geek. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

External links[]

Trois hommes et un couffin: Trois hommes et un couffin at IMDb; Three Men and a Cradle at AllMovie; Three Men and a Cradle at Rotten Tomatoes; Three Men and a Cradle at Box Office Mojo
18 ans après: 18 ans après at IMDb; 18 ans après at AllMovie

[2] Awards, festivals and organizations are in alphabetical order.

[3] Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

[1] "FILM: '3 MEN AND CRADLE'". The New York Times. 25 April 1986. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[4] "The 58th Academy Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[5] "The 11th César Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[6] "The 44th Golden Globe Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[7] "How Three Men And A Baby Was Inspired by a French Film". Den of Geek. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

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v t French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
1948–1960	Monsieur Vincent (1948) The Walls of Malapaga (1950) Forbidden Games (1952) Gervaise (1956) Gates of Paris (1957) My Uncle (1958) Black Orpheus (1959) La Vérité (1960)
1961–1980	Last Year at Marienbad (1961) Sundays and Cybele (1962) The Fire Within (1963) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Pierrot le Fou (1965) A Man and a Woman (1966) Live for Life (1967) Stolen Kisses (1968) My Night with Maud (1969) Hoa-Binh (1970) Ramparts of Clay (1971) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Day for Night (1973) Lacombe, Lucien (1974) India Song (1975) Cousin, cousine (1976) Madame Rosa (1977) Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) A Simple Story (1979) The Last Metro (1980)
1981–2000	Diva (1981) Coup de Torchon (1982) Entre Nous (1983) So Long, Stooge (1984) Three Men and a Cradle (1985) Betty Blue (1986) Au revoir, les enfants (1987) La Lectrice (1988) Camille Claudel (1989) Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Van Gogh (1991) Indochine (1992) Germinal (1993) Wild Reeds (1994) French Twist (1995) Ridicule (1996) Western (1997) The Dreamlife of Angels (1998) East/West (1999) The Taste of Others (2000)
2001–present	Amélie (2001) 8 Women (2002) Bon Voyage (2003) The Chorus (2004) Joyeux Noël (2005) Avenue Montaigne (2006) Persepolis (2007) The Class (2008) A Prophet (2009) Of Gods and Men (2010) Declaration of War (2011) The Intouchables (2012) Renoir (2013) Saint Laurent (2014) Mustang (2015) Elle (2016) BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017) Memoir of War (2018) Les Misérables (2019) Two of Us (2020) Titane (2021)