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  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Empire Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Empire Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m
Almost Peaceful

Summary Set during the largely unexplored period immediately after WWII, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in the shadow of unspeakable horrors. (Empire Pictures)

Directed By: Michel Deville

Written By: Robert Bober, Rosalinde Deville, Michel Deville

  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Empire Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Empire Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m

Almost Peaceful

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
67
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Summary Set during the largely unexplored period immediately after WWII, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in the shadow of unspeakable horrors. (Empire Pictures)

Directed By: Michel Deville

Written By: Robert Bober, Rosalinde Deville, Michel Deville

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
67
88% Positive
15 Reviews
6% Mixed
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6% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
67
88% Positive
15 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
6% Negative
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Modest, wise ensemble piece.
By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW
75
Unlike any other film I have seen about the Holocaust.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
75
These are people who are just waking up to life again. It may appear to be the ultimate non-action ­movie, but in the context of these lives, it is the highest kind of ­drama.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
70
There's something rather lovely about the mood and intentions of Michel Deville's French movie.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
70
It's a quiet film, shunning melodrama and political polemic. Instead, it opts for a human touch, conveying how a group of very different survivors come to terms with the past and plan a future in their own unique ways.
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70
It takes talent to make audiences care about ordinary people doing ordinary things, just as it takes guts to end a movie with something as corny as the sounds of children playing.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
25
Presumably, Deville wants to show life returning to normal after WWII, but in the context of this inert movie, "normal" equals "tedious."
By Megan Lehmann FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Eléfilm, Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), France 3 Cinéma, France Télévision Images 2, Gimages 6
Release Date Aug 20, 2004
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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