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When the Sea Rises

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Foreign

Written by: Yolande Moreau
Gilles Porte

Directed by: Yolande Moreau
Gilles Porte

Release Date:
Theatrical: January 13, 2006
DVD: October 17, 2006

Running Time: 90 minutes, Color

Origin: Belgium / France

Language(s): French (with English subtitles)

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Yolande Moreau, Wim Willaert, Olivier Gourmet, Jackie Berroyer, Philippe Duquesne, Jacques Bonnaffé, Séverine Caneele, and Bouli Lanners

A sweet and genuinely off-beat comedy about a 45-year-old actress (Moreau) traveling from one small town to another with her one-woman shoe "Dirty Business." (New Yorker Films)

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75

New York Post V.A. Musetto

It's nice to see a love story that deals with mature people. We're not likely to get anything like it from Hollywood. So enjoy When the Sea Rises while you can.

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70

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

A delightfully off-kilter love story. I don't want to oversell this winsome little movie, but if you want a bittersweet but cheerful pick-me-up on a cold winter evening, it's just the ticket.

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70

The New York Times Stephen Holden

And as you watch her (Moreau) sink into this semiautobiographical role (she was herself a touring performer in the 1980's), the character emerges as a deep, multilayered woman: kind, gentle and happily partaking of life's simple pleasures much of the time, but when necessary, as tough as her stage character through whom she relishes expressing her residual anger at life's hardships and disappointments.

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63

TV Guide Ken Fox

Moreau gives a beautifully sensitive performance as a woman who finds herself at a literal and figurative crossroads, a performance for which she was quite justly rewarded the Cesar Award in 2005.

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63

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

There's something sweet yet chilling in When the Sea Rises. If it had explored more of the chill, it might have turned into a knockout, absurdist thriller.

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60

Variety Lisa Nesselson

Modest but spot-on co-helming debut by actress Yolande Moreau (the concierge in "Amelie") and Gilles Porte is beguiling in the slightly surreal vein of the best of contempo Belgian cinema but without the typical nasty streak.

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60

Village Voice Michael Atkinson

If the movie stops short of exploring its own baggage, the actors still make for unforgettable company.

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58

The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias

It's content enough just to drink in the regional flavor, appreciate the carefree heartiness of the locals, and allows these two eccentrics to have some good times before the carriage turns into a pumpkin. The film treads lightly, but leaves little impression.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

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