Fantasies

Fantasies (Les Fantasmes, 2021) is a French comedy of manners you can watch online on iFILM. It splits into six separate stories, six couples and one shared dare: name the thing you keep behind the bedroom door, and see what happens when you say it out loud.

Role-play, abstinence, the urge to be seen — each vignette picks one delicate subject and pushes it toward awkward laughter. Brothers David and Stéphane Foenkinos assembled a heavyweight cast for the experiment: Monica Bellucci, Carole Bouquet, Karin Viard, Ramzy Bedia and Nicolas Bedos all take a turn. Some pairs come out closer; others land squarely in the friend zone.

Talky, light and unmistakably French, the anthology trades crudeness for irony about how hard grown adults find it to tell a partner what they actually want. Easy company when you want a relationship comedy without heavy drama. Stream Fantasies (2021) online on iFILM.