Guess Who's Calling!

'The Unexpected Friend' is a French comedy directed by Fabienne Godet with a screenplay by Godet herself alongside Claire Barré. It is an adaptation of the novel "Le répondeur" by Luc Blancvillain. It premieres in France on June 4, 2025 after debuting at the L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival.

Baptiste is an impressionist with an enviable gift and a career that just won't take off: he nails any voice, but none of them pay the bills. His life takes an unexpected turn when he meets Pierre Chozène, a famous French writer overwhelmed by a phone that won't stop ringing, and for whom adult life has become an impossible inbox. In need of peace to finish his new novel, Pierre makes Baptiste a proposal as crazy as it is tempting: that he become his human "answering machine", impersonating him on the phone to filter the calls the writer no longer wants to take.

The plan works. Too well, perhaps. Because Baptiste starts to enjoy the role, gets deeper and deeper into Pierre's skin, and begins to make decisions on his own that will forever alter the writer's relationships with everyone around him.

'Guess Who's Calling!' stars Salif Cissé and Denis Podalydès in the lead roles, along with Clara Bretheau, Aure Atika, Manon Clavel and Ismaël Sy Savané, among others.

• Comedy