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7.2/10   1,362 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Gérard Jugnot (scenario) &
Philippe Lopes-Curval (scenario) ...
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Release Date:
6 March 2002 (Belgium) more
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Plot:
In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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Terminal Cuteness more (9 total)

Cast

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Jules Sitruk ... Simon Bernstein
Gérard Jugnot ... Edmond Batignole
Michèle Garcia ... Marguerite Batignole (as Michele Garcia)
Jean-Paul Rouve ... Pierre-Jean Lamour
Alexia Portal ... Micheline Batignole
Violette Blanckaert ... Sarah Cohen
Daphné Baiwir ... Guila Cohen (as Daphne Baiwir)
Götz Burger ... SS Col. Spreich
Elisabeth Commelin ... Irène
Hubert Saint-Macary ... Gendarmerie lieutenant
Daniel Martin ... Brigadier Albert
Nadine Spinoza ... Rachel Bernstein
Damien Jouillerot ... Martin
Philippe du Janerand ... Administrateur
Marie-Gaëlle Cals ... Edwige
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
On pouvait pas savoir... (France) (working title)
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Runtime:
100 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: When Pierre-Jean threatens Edmond with the cleaver, the blade is vertical in shots from the front but is horizontal in shots from behind Edmond. more
Soundtrack:
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4 out of 38 people found the following comment useful.
Terminal Cuteness, 15 April 2002
1/10
Author: Superwonderscope from Brosville, France

This movie suffers from terminal cuteness.. Even treating such a horrible subject, Gérard Jugnot does what he's been doing for over 20 years : playing and directing average french citizens facing not so ordinary situations(of unemployment in Une epoque formidable, of the sects in Fallait Pas, of being a father of a famous actress in Meilleur espoir Féminin...etc.,etc.). Treating in a comic way a serious subject.

This flick is plain silly...a long road to clichéness with an ability to open doors that have already been opened 50 years ago. The germans are bad, sex-crazed people.Deportation is horrible. Every french citizen was pro-german during the war and pro-De Gaulle in 1945. Daaah? The best part is when he's taking the 3 jewish children nearby the swiss border. The french people living there are supposed to have a strong accent (as the kids). But all the adults don't. It is simply both stupid and hilarious (but unintentionally, of course).

Because it wants to tell us about a tragic event and deliver a message of hope we're supposed to love the movie? Nah. It just falls flat on every level : ludicrous dialogues, comedy, drama, war, suspense (ooooohhhh, are the poor children going the get caught by the nasty nazi??? Nah.)...everything is over-demonstrative and SO predictable. This tearjerker is a huge success in France where most of the official critics just love that sense of cuteness. It is beyond redemption, really. This movie deserves a slap in the face to wake it up a bit...but no...terminal cuteness indeed.

And not even an accurate use of the Scope A.R to higher the note a bit. Pfff.

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