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* TooImportantToRememberYou: Chantal misnames one of her colleagues and tells him to salute his wife on her behalf... while he's actually divorced for six months.

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* TooImportantToRememberYou: Chantal misnames one of her colleagues and tells him to salute his wife on her behalf... while he's actually been divorced for six months.months by that point.
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* {{Pornstache}}: Frankie has such as mustache initially.

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* {{Pornstache}}: Frankie has such as mustache initially.initially, to emphasize that he's an AbhorrentAdmirer bordering on DirtyOldMan.
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''Housewarming'' (French: ''Travaux'' -- ''Home Improvement'', subtitled ''On sait quand ça commence...'' / ''We know when it begins...'') is a 2005 French comedy film directed by Brigitte Roüan.

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''Housewarming'' (French: ''Travaux'' -- ''Travaux'', meaning ''Home Improvement'', subtitled ''On sait quand ça commence...'' / ''We know when it begins...'') is a 2005 French comedy film directed by Brigitte Roüan.
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* BeneathNotice: One of Chantal's clients is an African immigrant. He's poor and paperless, but he [[SharpDressedMan wears a nice suit]], which, according to him, considerably increases the chances of avoiding paper checking by the police when he walks in the streets.

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* BeneathNotice: One of Chantal's clients is an illegal African immigrant. He's poor and paperless, doesn't have papers, but he [[SharpDressedMan wears a nice suit]], which, according to him, considerably increases the chances of avoiding paper checking by the police when he walks in the streets.
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* TooImportantToRememberYou: Chantal misnames one of her colleagues and tells him to salute his wife on her behald, while he's actually divorced for six months.

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* TooImportantToRememberYou: Chantal misnames one of her colleagues and tells him to salute his wife on her behald, behalf... while he's actually divorced for six months.
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** The fat and loud Frankie has a big crush on Chantal and keeps trying to win her over, much to her dismay.

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** The fat and loud [[NoIndoorVoice loud]] Frankie has a big crush on Chantal and keeps trying to win her over, much to her dismay.
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* BrokenAesop: The story is about acceptance of immigration in French society beyond clichés and prejudices, but showing immigrant workers as doing a very shoddy job at home improvement sends a mixed message to say the least.
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* {{Subtitle}}: "On sait quand ça commence..." ("We know when it begins..."). It implies "we don't know when it ends" (for the home works).

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* {{Subtitle}}: "On sait quand ça commence..." ("We know when it begins..."). It implies "we don't know when it ends" (for the shoddy home improvement works).

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* RescueEquipmentAttack: The final time Chantal rejects Frankie's advances/stalking, she uses a fire extinguisher to shoo him away.



* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Chantal is outright incapable of telling Frankie to leave her apartment and her life period, and resorts to have ''very shoddy'' home improvement works done in order to push him out. Eventually, she stands up to him and firmly tells him to go away, and when he objects, she shoos him away using a fire extinguisher.

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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Chantal is outright incapable of telling Frankie to leave her apartment and her life period, and resorts to have ''very shoddy'' home improvement works done in order to push him out. Eventually, she stands up to him and firmly tells him to go away, and when he objects, she shoos him away [[RescueEquipmentAttack using a fire extinguisher.extinguisher]].
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* BrokenAesop: The story is about acceptance of immigration in French society beyond clichés and prejudices, but showing immigrant workers as doing a very shoddy job at home improvement sends a mixed message to say the least.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: The fat and loud Frankie has a big crush on Chantal and keeps trying to win her over, much to her dismay.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: AbhorrentAdmirer:
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The fat and loud Frankie has a big crush on Chantal and keeps trying to win her over, much to her dismay.dismay.
** The fat Luis (who's married) also tries his luck on his crush with Chantal as she is way more sympathetic to him since he's an immigrant. Unlike [[NotGoodWithRejection Frankie]], he doesn't insist when she rejects his declaration of love.
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''Housewarming'' (French: ''Travaux'' -- ''Works'', subtitled ''On sait quand ça commence...'' / ''We know when it begins...'') is a 2005 French comedy film directed by Brigitte Roüan.

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''Housewarming'' (French: ''Travaux'' -- ''Works'', ''Home Improvement'', subtitled ''On sait quand ça commence...'' / ''We know when it begins...'') is a 2005 French comedy film directed by Brigitte Roüan.
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* CrookedContractor: Eduardo and the workers do a really, ''really'' amateurish job of renovating Chantal's apartment, although they never intend to screw her.

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* CrookedContractor: Eduardo and the workers do a really, ''really'' amateurish job of renovating Chantal's apartment, although they never intend intended to screw her.her. They visibly lack the training and professional qualities such jobs require.
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* AmicableExes: Chantal and her ex-husband remain in good terms.

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* AmicableExes: Chantal and her ex-husband remain have remained in good terms.
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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Chantal is outright incapable of telling Frankie to leave her apartment and her life period, and resorts to have home works done in order to push him out. Eventually, she stands up to him and firmly tells him to go away, and when he objects, she shoos him away using a fire extinguisher.

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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Chantal is outright incapable of telling Frankie to leave her apartment and her life period, and resorts to have ''very shoddy'' home improvement works done in order to push him out. Eventually, she stands up to him and firmly tells him to go away, and when he objects, she shoos him away using a fire extinguisher.
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* GlamorousSingleMother: The "glamorous" part comes from the fact that Chantal is an attractive single lawyer, and she doesn't struggle too much financially. Otherwise, her main initial 'struggle' is the fact she has no authority on her teen children. Then the home works make things ''much'' worse.

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* GlamorousSingleMother: The "glamorous" part comes from the fact that Chantal is an attractive single lawyer, and she doesn't struggle too much financially. Otherwise, her main initial 'struggle' is the fact she has no authority on her teen children. Then the home works 'improvement' make things ''much'' worse.worse on all fronts.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Frankie stalks Chantal with his car when she goes out for the night with another lawyer at one point.

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* StalkerWithACrush: Frankie stalks Chantal with his car when she goes out for the night with another lawyer at one point. He goes as far as sabotaging the car of her date that night, taking his car's wheels out.
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In UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, Chantal Letellier (Creator/CaroleBouquet), a lawyer involved in defending homeless illegal immigrants, decides to refurbish her apartment in order to get rid of a client she defended, Frankie "Pupuce" Poussin (Jean-Pierre Castaldi), who has a big crush on her and invites himself in her life. Following her convictions, she hires Colombian workers led by a talentless architect. Soon, Chantal's life and the "home improvement" spiral out of control...

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In UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, Chantal Letellier (Creator/CaroleBouquet), a lawyer involved in defending homeless illegal immigrants, decides to refurbish her apartment in order to get rid of a sleazy client she defended, Frankie "Pupuce" 'Pupuce' Poussin (Jean-Pierre Castaldi), who has a big crush on her and invites himself in her life. Following her convictions, she hires Colombian workers led by a talentless architect. Soon, Chantal's life and the "home improvement" spiral out of control...
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In UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, Chantal Letellier (Creator/CaroleBouquet), a lawyer involved in defending homeless illegal immigrants, decides to refurbish her apartment in order to get rid of a client she defended, Frankie "Pupuce" Poussin (Jean-Pierre Castaldi), who has a big crush on her and invites himself in her life. Following her convictions, she hires Colombian workers led by a talentless architect. Soon, Chantal's life spirals out of control...

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In UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, Chantal Letellier (Creator/CaroleBouquet), a lawyer involved in defending homeless illegal immigrants, decides to refurbish her apartment in order to get rid of a client she defended, Frankie "Pupuce" Poussin (Jean-Pierre Castaldi), who has a big crush on her and invites himself in her life. Following her convictions, she hires Colombian workers led by a talentless architect. Soon, Chantal's life spirals and the "home improvement" spiral out of control...

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* BourgeoisBohemian: Chantal is a 48 year old lawyer who's (at least initially) well off and dedicates her life to defend and protect paperless immigrants.



* TheIllegal: Chantal is very invested in the defense of illegal immigrants who lack papers, be it in court or at demonstrations in Paris. The Colombian architect and workers she hires are illegals also.

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* TheIllegal: Chantal is very invested in the defense of illegal immigrants who lack papers, be it in court or at demonstrations in Paris. The Colombian architect and workers she hires are illegals also. Immigration is "sacred" to her and she slaps her son when he starts calling her life's fight for them into question.


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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Frankie feigns sympathizing with the Colombians to try winning Chantal over, but as soon as she firmly says "No", he starts insulting them with "rastaquouère" (from Spanish "rastracuero"), a slur against people of Hispanic heritage.
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* TheCameo: An unexpected Creator/HughGrant as the new unnamed neighbor of Chantal.

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* TheCameo: An unexpected Creator/HughGrant as the new unnamed neighbor of Chantal.Chantal at the very end.
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* TheCameo: An unexpected Creator/HughGrant as the unnamed neighbor.

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* TheCameo: An unexpected Creator/HughGrant as the new unnamed neighbor.neighbor of Chantal.
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* TheCameo: Creator/HughGrant as the unnamed neighbor.

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* TheCameo: An unexpected Creator/HughGrant as the unnamed neighbor.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Chantal has unusual methods to plead in her cases in addition to knowing the law, including ''breakdancing'' by the end, and it ''always'' works in her favor.
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* BrickJoke: At one point, after enduring everything from the workers and shouting at them, Chantal says the only thing missing is water damage... then later, at the housewarming party that's raided by the police, a pipe bursts and plenty of water leaks.
* TheCameo: Creator/HughGrant as the unnamed neighbor.

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