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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Dom works the night shift in a small hotel near the industrial seaport of Le Havre. One night, a woman named Fiona arrives, with no luggage and no shoes. She tells Dom that she is a fairy, and grants him three wishes. However, before she is able to grant the third wish, she mysteriously disappears. By this point, Dom has fallen in love ...

Directed By: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy

Written By: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 33 m

The Fairy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary Dom works the night shift in a small hotel near the industrial seaport of Le Havre. One night, a woman named Fiona arrives, with no luggage and no shoes. She tells Dom that she is a fairy, and grants him three wishes. However, before she is able to grant the third wish, she mysteriously disappears. By this point, Dom has fallen in love ...

Directed By: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy

Written By: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
9 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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88
May 4, 2012
Do yourself and your kids a favor. On the way to multiplex to see "The Avengers," tell them The Fairy is about an all-powerful superheroine. Someday, they'll find the words to thank you.
By Joe Williams FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 19, 2012
The Fairy may be as close as we'll ever get to a live-action cartoon.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 22, 2012
For the most part, it's too dry and quirky to connect. Still, those gags are something.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 21, 2012
In The Fairy, Abel, Gordon and Romy have all of Le Havre as their playground. And now that the they've established the ideal format for their brand of comicbook-style humor, one can't help but wish they show the good sense to keep it at this level going forward.
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65
Feb 24, 2012
Deeply silly in a classic mode, The Fairy continues the French new wave of near-silent cinema.
By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 23, 2012
The persistent whimsy gets a bit wearisome, but it's hard to dismiss any film so determined to make us happy.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 23, 2012
An alternately effortless and forced French-language diversion.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company MK2 Productions, Courage Mon Amour, France 3 Cinéma, France Télévisions, Canal+, CinéCinéma, BeTV, BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance, Cinémage 5, Cinémage 4 Développement, Région Haute-Normandie, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Release Date Feb 24, 2012
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.couragemonamour.net/la-fee
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Awards

Magritte Awards, Belgium
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
• 2 Nominations
Hamptons International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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