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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 40 m
Declaration of War

Summary Roméo and Juliette are two young actors. They fall in love at first sight, move in together and make a baby. A love story and the founding of a home like millions of others. Except that their little boy, Adam, behaves abnormally. The young parents try hard to persuade themselves that everything is okay but, with the passing of time, they...

Directed By: Valérie Donzelli

Written By: Jérémie Elkaïm, Valérie Donzelli

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 40 m

Declaration of War

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary Roméo and Juliette are two young actors. They fall in love at first sight, move in together and make a baby. A love story and the founding of a home like millions of others. Except that their little boy, Adam, behaves abnormally. The young parents try hard to persuade themselves that everything is okay but, with the passing of time, they...

Directed By: Valérie Donzelli

Written By: Jérémie Elkaïm, Valérie Donzelli

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Valérie Donzelli

Juliette

Jérémie Elkaïm

Roméo Benaïm

César Desseix

Adam Benaïm à 18 mois

Gabriel Elkaïm

Adam Benaïm à 8 ans

Brigitte Sy

Claudia Benaïm - la mère de Roméo

Elina Löwensohn

Alex - la compagne de Claudia

Michèle Moretti

Geneviève - la mère de Juliette

Philippe Laudenbach

Philippe - le père de Juliette

Bastien Bouillon

Nikos

Béatrice de Staël

Le docteur Ghislaine Prat - la pédiatre

Anne Le Ny

Le docteur Fitoussi - la neuropédiatre

Frédéric Pierrot

Le professeur Sainte-Rose

Elisabeth Dion

Le docteur Kalifa de l'IGR

Pauline Gaillard

Un narrateur

Philippe Barassat

Un narrateur

Valentine Catzéflis

Narratrice

Julie Peugeot

La première nfirmière

Serge Bozon

Le gifleur à la fête

Henri Hooreman

Adam Benaïm à 6 mois

Marie Donzelli

Marine - une assistante sociale

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
73
86% Positive
18 Reviews
14% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
73
86% Positive
18 Reviews
14% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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91
Jan 25, 2012
Sprinting through hospital rooms, parties, sterile corridors, and grayish courtyards, Declaration Of War salutes its characters' capacity to step up and meet life's harshest unexpected demands.
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88
Feb 2, 2012
Valérie Donzelli's Declaration of War deals with issues that may scare audiences away. Don't let it.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 24, 2012
Shot in the actual hospital where Donzelli and Elkaïm's actual son was treated for cancer, Declaration of War turns autobiography into thrilling expressionist art.
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75
Jan 27, 2012
France's Declaration of War has it all: comedy, romance, fantasy, musical interludes and a child with a brain tumor. Wait - what?
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 2, 2012
Declaration of War is about being under siege from illness, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. This modern-day Juliette and Romeo find their own tragedy, but are not poisoned by it.
By Mary Pols FULL REVIEW
63
Jan 22, 2012
The surest sign that a filmmaker recognizes the insularity of his or her project is the presence of perfunctory attempts to hint at a wider political context.
By Andrew Schenker FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 16, 2012
As ponderous and overwrought as a film hogged by a couple of young hipsters named Roméo and Juliette can be.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW

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4.5
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50% Mixed
3 Ratings
33% Negative
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50% Mixed
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33% Negative
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Production Company Rectangle Productions, Wild Bunch, Canal+, Ciné+, Cofinova 7, Uni Étoile 8, Arte / Cofinova 6, La Région Île-de-France
Release Date Jan 27, 2012
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline A couple, Romeo and Juliet. A child, Adam. A fight, the disease. And above all, a great love story, theirs...
Website http://www.facebook.com/DecIarationofwar
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Awards

César Awards, France
• 6 Nominations
Gijón International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Paris Cinema
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

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