Gentille (2005)

Director:

Sophie Fillières

Writer:

Sophie Fillières (scenario)

Stars:

Emmanuelle Devos, Lambert Wilson, Bruno Todeschini

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Emmanuelle Devos	...	Fontaine Leglou
Lambert Wilson	...	Philippe
Bruno Todeschini	...	Michel Strogoff
Michael Lonsdale	...	Jean
Bulle Ogier	...	Angèle
Julie-Anne Roth	...	Cléia
Nicolas Briançon	...	Jean-Jacques
Michel Vuillermoz	...	Le docteur Gudarzi
Magali Woch	...	Sonia
Gabrielle Vallières	...	Amandine
Gilles Cohen	...	Hugues
Hossein Ghavanloo	...	Le cracheur de feu
Eric Elmosnino	...	Marco, le destin
Cécile Reigher	...	L'employée de la piscine
Nicolas Vaude	...	Le type de la cafétéria

Storyline

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

14 December 2005 (France)

Also Known As:

Good Girl

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pierre Grise Productions, arte France Cinéma, FM2B Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min 102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Tentative

Just seen this at the London Film Festival. While Gentille does have its moments of genuine humour and gentle pathos, it feels like four or five films stitched together. The writer- director seems uncertain which of many possible stories she wants to tell and ends up developing none of them. Emmanuelle Devos works hard at turning her lead role into something meaty, but she is confounded by the film-maker's lack of conviction and apparent tentativeness over what the film is really about. Is it a mid-life crisis? A sex comedy? A study of intimacy - or of insanity? Well, it seems it's all these things and less.

Many of the characters come and go in piecemeal fashion, never properly introduced, abandoned almost as soon as they have entered the stage. The film's best bits put together might make an enjoyable short, but it wouldn't give the viewer any further insight into the main protagonist's mindset.

The result is a pleasant, harmless but ultimately dissatisfying and rather whimsical character study; like snacking on several entrées but not having a full meal.