Three Men and a Cradle

Three young bachelors share a Paris apartment. Jacques, a flight attendant, leaves for Japan after agreeing to let a friend drop off a package at the flat, and he tells his roommates Pierre and Michel to expect it. What arrives instead is a baby girl, left at their door. The child turns out to be Jacques's daughter, and since her mother is unable to look after her for a time, the two men who are home must take on her care. None of them has the slightest experience with an infant, and the household's easy routine of parties and girlfriends gives way to the demands of feeding, changing and comforting a newborn.

Coline Serreau directed and wrote the screenplay. It was the first film she directed, followed by The Crisis in 1992 and La Belle Verte in 1996. Roland Giraud plays Pierre, Michel Boujenah plays Michel and André Dussollier plays Jacques, with Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Dominique Lavanant and Marthe Villalonga among the credited cast of 31.

Released in September 1985, the French comedy runs 106 minutes. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.4 out of 10 from 295 votes, and it took in about 2 million dollars worldwide.