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Movie Info
Genre(s): Foreign
Written by:
François Favrat
Julie Lopes-Curval
Directed by: Julie Lopes-Curval
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 6, 2003
DVD: July 20, 2004
Running Time: 88 minutes, Color
Origin: France
Language(s): French (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Jonathan Zaccaï, Bulle Ogier, Ludmila Mikaël, Liliane Rovère, Hélène Fillières, Patrick Lizana, and Jean-Michel Noirey
A microcosm of French society, including Bulle Ogier as a woman with a gambling problem, stuck in a once fashionable coastal resort town in Northern France.
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What The Critics Said
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Village Voice Michael Atkinson
Compare it to what passes for sophisticated filmmaking in this country and the movie becomes a living instrument of cinematic humanism: lovingly intent on observing, not judging; concerned with sympathy, not control; accepting the inevitable ambiguities, not denying them.
Read Full Review >Variety Lisa Nesselson
The whole endeavor pleases with its wealth of tiny observations that add up to an affecting whole.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
This seemingly placid community is slowly revealed to be tangle of interpersonal relationships defined by that essential rift that divides those who summer at the beach and those who remain behind at season's end.
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
The story unfolds as slowly as does life in Cayeux. There's minimal dialogue and even less action.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
The writer-director's overthinking on the matter is part of what's wrong with her debut film, which is sensitively shot, deeply felt, and dry as dirt.
Read Full Review >The New York Times A.O. Scott
While she (Lopes-Curval) portrays the brittleness of their lives with lovely splashes of generosity, the lack of condescension doesn't change the fact that there's not much drama to be found in those very limitations; her characters don't do much beyond getting on one another's nerves.
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The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
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