Rien à faire (1999)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Marion Vernoux

Writers:

Santiago Amigorena (writer)
Gaëlle Macé (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

1 December 1999 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

An executive and a dowdy working-class woman, both unemployed, married and parents meet at a supermarket. They become friends but find it hard to accept that they may be in love with each other. |

Plot Keywords:

Love | Friend | Supermarket | Friendship | Infidelity

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi	...	Marie
Patrick Dell'Isola	...	Pierre
Sergi López	...	Luis
Florence Thomassin	...	Sophie
Kelly Hornoy	...	Julie
Marion des Fachelles	...	Alice
Jérémy Bourgois	...	Luis
Chloé Mons	...	Catherine
Alexandre Carrière	...	Hervé
Farida Rahouadj	...	Marie, the neighbour
Josette Hemsen	...	Mireille
Philippe Peltier	...	Robert
Frédérique Hazard	...	Nicole
Jo Hochain	...	Geneviéve
Sarah Hamoud	...	Colleague in canteen
Mathilde Braure	...	Colleague in canteen
Marianne Wolfson	...	Colleague in canteen
Pierre-Louis Lanier	...	Dominique
Rachid Bouali	...	Canteen counterman
Annette Lowcay	...	Cashier
Alexandre Jouglet	...	ANPE employee
Witold Heretynski	...	Jojo
Alain Rozanès	...	Mimmo
Marco Cherki	...	Antoine
Antoine Mathieu	...	Martineau
Dodine Herry	...	DRH woman
Eric Caravaca	...	Young man on bus
Frédéric Martin	...	Announcer on radio
Daniel Morin	...	Newsflash / weather presenter on radio
Miguel Muniz	...	Clairvoyant on radio
Frédérique Ruvez	...	Mother on radio drama

Directed by
Marion Vernoux

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Santiago Amigorena		writer
Gaëlle Macé		writer
Marc Syrigas		writer
Marion Vernoux		writer

Produced by
Alain Rozanès	....	executive producer
Pascal Verroust	....	producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Dominique Colin

Film Editing by
Jennifer Augé

Casting by
Frédérique Giess
Bruno Levy
Emma Skowronek

Production Design by
Emmanuelle Duplay
Philippe van Herwijnen

Costume Design by
Marie Vernoux

Makeup Department
Rachel Benaich	....	hair stylist: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (as Rachel Benaïch)
Caroline Philiponnat	....	hair stylist
Caroline Philiponnat	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jacques Attia	....	production manager
Kader Djedra	....	unit production manager
Gérard Royère	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frédérique Giess	....	assistant director
Florence Illouz	....	assistant director
Ariel Sctrick	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Philippe van Herwijnen	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Eric Armbruster	....	dialog editor
Michel Casang	....	sound
Camille Cotte Miller	....	sound editor
Dominique Gaborieau	....	sound mixer
Vincent Goujon	....	boom operator
Marie Guesnier	....	sound
Jacques Lévy	....	post-synchronisation
Philippe Penot	....	sound effects editor
Laurent Poirier	....	sound
Jean-François Schenegg	....	boom operator
Isabelle Tat	....	assistant post-synchronization
Nathalie Vidal	....	assistant sound mixer

Stunts
Michel Julienne	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Olivier Berquet	....	electrician
Eric Bruyer	....	electrician
Michel Dechaud	....	grip
Bertrand Etienne	....	assistant camera
Bernard Fau	....	still photographer
Olivier Marrel	....	grip
Galatae Politis	....	assistant camera (as Galatée Politis)
Marco Spannuet	....	electrician
Mathieu Szpiro	....	electrician
Bernard Wuthrich	....	Steadicam operator

Editorial Department
Magali Debrabandére	....	assistant editor
Isabelle Julien	....	color timer
Denis Lardat	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Alexandre Desplat	....	conductor
Edouard Dubois	....	music consultant
John Timperley	....	music mixer

Other crew
Jean-Jacques Boulben	....	production administrator
Marie-Christine Damiens	....	press attache
Nathalie Delvigne	....	production secretary
Nathalie Geoffroy	....	production assistant
Sophie Le Tallec	....	script supervisor
Karina Megdiche	....	production administrator
Oumar Sakho	....	production administrator

Production Companies

• ADR Productions
• Canal+
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
• Cofimage 10 (participation)

Distributors

• Primer Plano Film Group (2002) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Angel Films (Scandinavia)
• C-Films
• Primer Plano Film Group Video (2002) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Progrès Films S.A. (Belgium)
• Pyramide Distribution (France)
• Wise Policy (2006) (Japan) (all media)

Other Companies

• Eclair  film lab
• Ercidan  titles
• Horizon Mars  editing
• S.I.S.  sound studio
• TSF  grip equipment

Also Known As:

Empty Days (USA)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | France:U | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12

Company:

ADR Productions

Soundtrack:

Lettre a Vous

A good idea, finally kind of wasted

The first part of the film is quite good. As soon as they stay in the supermarket, Marie-Do and Pierre are really moving. It gets worse later.

Not because of the actor's performances, they're all quite good. Just that the second part leads much more place to the kind of "silent conversations" you can have with someone you love, and that only you and her/him can understand. What happens here is that we understand, but we're getting a bit bored by their meaningful looks without a sound. On the whole, it isn't bad, just disappointing to see the second part far behind the first one.