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  • 1998
  • TV-PG
  • New Yorker Films
  • 2 h 4 m
  • 1998
  • TV-PG
  • New Yorker Films
  • 2 h 4 m

Summary Catalonian Paco is a traveling rep for a shoe manufacturer. When he stops to pick up Russian emigree hitchhiker Nino, Paco soon finds himself on the side of the road with everything stolen out from under him. Local gift shop owner Marinette gives the Spaniard a lift. Their mutual attraction manifests itself quickly, and Paco, who was fir...

Directed By: Manuel Poirier

Written By: Jean-François Goyet, Manuel Poirier

  • 1998
  • TV-PG
  • New Yorker Films
  • 2 h 4 m
  • 1998
  • TV-PG
  • New Yorker Films
  • 2 h 4 m

Western

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Summary Catalonian Paco is a traveling rep for a shoe manufacturer. When he stops to pick up Russian emigree hitchhiker Nino, Paco soon finds himself on the side of the road with everything stolen out from under him. Local gift shop owner Marinette gives the Spaniard a lift. Their mutual attraction manifests itself quickly, and Paco, who was fir...

Directed By: Manuel Poirier

Written By: Jean-François Goyet, Manuel Poirier

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Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
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13% Mixed
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Western is a delightfully subtle and perceptive blend of romantic comedy and road movie. [07 Aug 1998, p.F8]
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The film toys with the idea that your identity is determined not by where you're from but where you find love. It's an intriguing theory that makes the otherwise simple movie seem more complex and frequently affecting.
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80
An engagingly offbeat meditation on the human need for affection and companionship. [08 May 1998, p.13]
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A funny, romantic film filled with cozy intimacies and lovely, wide-screen images of the French countryside.
By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW
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While Poirier's gentle touch is part of the film's overall charm, it's also what may lead some to find the whole journey a little draggy. Nevertheless, it's a good way to spend a couple of hot summer afternoon hours: It's often very funny, the acting is fine and the gorgeous CinemaScope cinematography manages to capture all the raw beauty of Brittany without ever coming off as pretty-pretty.
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Viewers who don’t share the director’s obvious affection for his often funny characters will find the pic too long and too diffuse, but its cumulative rewards are ample.
By Lisa Nesselson FULL REVIEW
40
Go see Western because the first 98% is sly, endearing, and clever fun. As for the ending, do what you did for Aliens III and/or IV: just pretend it never happened.
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Production Company Salomé, Diaphana Distribution, Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Release Date Jul 24, 1998
Duration 2 h 4 m
Rating TV-PG
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Tagline Two bachelors. Two weeks on the road. What could go wrong?
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Awards

César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Acteurs à l'Écran
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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