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Au plus près du paradis (2002)
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20 November 2002 (France)
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People and life can be cruel, and in their face, Fannette is cool: toward an old acquaintance, to her daughter...
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Unpretentious fun, gorgeous cities and women...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Catherine Deneuve | ... | Fanette | |
| William Hurt | ... | Matt | |
| Bernard Le Coq | ... | Bernard | |
| Hélène Fillières | ... | Lucie | |
| Gilbert Melki | ... | Alain | |
| Nathalie Richard | ... | Brigitte | |
| Patrice Chéreau | ... | Pierre | |
| Noémie Godin-Vigneau | ... | Carole | |
| Emmanuelle Devos | ... | Jeune femme cinéma | |
| Daniel Pommereulle | ... | L'éditeur | |
| François Arnal | ... | Himself | |
| Christian Cloarec | ... | Videur cinéma | |
| Sebastien Fontaine | ... | Le client de la libraire | |
| Paulina Porizkova | ... | Mary Rafelson | |
| Thomas Beckett |
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90 min | Italy:100 min (Venice Film Festival)
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Singapore:NC-16 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
Spain:T |
Canada:G
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Features An Affair to Remember (1957)
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I just LOVED this movie. Pity I saw it on my (tiny!) TV. I wish I could have seen it in a real theater, on a huge screen. Paris, New York and Deneuve are gorgeous, dialogs and music are fantastic, and the light is beautiful. OK, the story is a little bit patchy, but who cares? You just watch this movie like you read a John Irving novel: you don't care if it's not a masterpiece, you just enjoy it! My biggest problem with this movie was the fact that they decided to dub the second half of the film. Even if Deneuve is dubbing herself quite well, it looks and sounds strange... Maybe Hurt's French wasn't good enough? For the rest, I found that all these "satellites" that evolve around Deneuve are just great: her doctor/lover who comes to check on her heart, her lesbian daughter who seems more mature than her own mother, her colleague who keeps crying because her lover left her (but who can't help noticing Fanette's beautiful shoes), her alcoholic brother whom she doesn't judge. And all these bits and pieces from Leo McCarey's 'An Affair to Remember'... The beauty of the film comes from this amazing paradox: it's a star who plays this 'weak' and lonely woman who is herself fascinated by movie stars. A beautiful present to a beautiful actress.