The Players (2012 film)
The Players () is a 2012 French sex comedy anthology film starring Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche, with each of them also directing and writing a segment.

Plot 
Series of vignettes about the theme of male infidelity and its adulterous variants.

Cast 
 Jean Dujardin as Fred / Olivier / François / Laurent / James 
 Gilles Lellouche as Greg / Nicolas / Bernard / Antoine / Eric
 Lionel Abelanski as the director
 Guillaume Canet as Thibault
 Charles Gérard as Richard
 Sandrine Kiberlain as Marie-Christine
 Dolly Golden as the mistress
  as the emergency doctor
  as Maxime's mother
 Alexandra Lamy as Lisa
  as the waiter
 Mathilda May as Ariane
 Géraldine Nakache as Stéphanie
 Isabelle Nanty as Christine
  as Nathalie
 Manu Payet as Simon
 Clara Ponsot as Inès
 Hélène Seuzaret as Isabelle, Éric's wife
  as Benjamin 
  as Julie
 Bastien Bouillon as Valentin

Controversy 
The posters for the film on which Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche can be seen in suggestive positions (like gripping a pair of naked female legs) attracted accusations of sexism. The French professional authority of regulation for advertising received four official complaints accusing the posters of sexism. Following this controversy, the posters were taken down, and the distributor apologized.

Jean Dujardin refers to I mostri by Dino Risi.

The original cut of the film included a scene where a man talks to a woman while a plane crashes into the World Trade Center. Reportedly, this scene has been censored to have better chances to get an Academy Award for Jean Dujardin (who went on to win the Best Actor award for his leading role in The Artist).

Remake 
An Italian remake of the same name was released in 2020.

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2012 films
2012 comedy films
2010s French films
2010s French-language films
2010s sex comedy films
Advertising and marketing controversies in film
Film controversies in France
Films about adultery in France
Films directed by Emmanuelle Bercot
Films directed by Gilles Lellouche
Films directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Films shot in Paris
Films with screenplays by Gilles Lellouche
French anthology films
French sex comedy films
Obscenity controversies in film