La dilettante (1999)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Pascal Thomas

Writers:

Jacques Lourcelles (writer)
Pascal Thomas (writer)

Release Date:

7 July 1999 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Paris | Mother Daughter Relationship

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Catherine Frot	...	Pierrette Dumortier
Sébastien Cotterot	...	Éric
Barbara Schulz	...	Nathalie Dumortier
Jacques Dacqmine	...	M. Delaunay
Christian Morin	...	Edmond Robert
Nathalie Lafaurie	...	Marcelle
Paul Minthe	...	Prêtre en soutane
Vania Plemiannikov	...	Philippe
Jean Desailly	...	Edmond Thibault
Clément Thomas	...	L'avocat de Pierrette
Armelle	...	Le juge d'instruction
Aymard Du Vivier	...	Député Trémond
Roger Trapp	...	Maître Donizetti, expert
Jean-François Balmer	...	Le président du tribunal
Marie-Christine Barrault	...	Thérèse Rambert

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

France:U

Filming Locations:

Cinema Le Ranelagh, Paris 16, Paris, France

Company:

Ah! Victoria! Films

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Taxi (1998/I)

Catherine Frot steals the show

The Dilettante is a strange tale about Pierrette Dumortier (Catherine Frot) a woman who never takes things seriously. She sails through life taking the good and the bad as they happen, from place to place, work to work, or lover to lover. This rather original character is played in her oddly cheerful way by the excellent Catherine Frot. We never know who Pierrette really is, though people tend to react strongly (positively or negatively) to her presence. Perhaps the very fact that she never seems to care (only toward the end of the movie, during a very intense moment) makes it difficult for the viewer to care for her, but the movie is intriguing enough, sometimes genuinely funny, and Catherine Frot's acting is at her best.