Le meilleur reste à venir

French acting icon Fabrice Luchini stars alongside singer-actor Patrick Bruel in this touching and funny comedic drama that seems to owe its twisty plot to a classic screwball comedy premise: two lifelong friends, button-downed doctor Arthur (Luchini) and womanizing screw-up César (Bruel), both think the other is dying of cancer, leading them to hit the road in order to fulfil a bucket list of sometimes hilarious proportions. Yes, there are adventures and excesses as these two middle-aged men revert to the stuff of adolescence, but directing duo Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte change gears when the truth comes out—one of them really is dying— and effortlessly transform a raucous and very witty road movie into a more serious consideration of mortality. In the end, this funny, tender, and ultimately moving film is nothing less than an ode to friendship and to life. Emotion guaranteed…