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Writer:
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (written by)
Release Date:
7 February 2007 (Belgium)
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Beach House
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Department Store
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Happiness
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Catherine Frot | ... | Odette Toulemonde | |
| Albert Dupontel | ... | Balthazar Balsan | |
| Jacques Weber | ... | Olaf Pims | |
| Alain Doutey | ... | L'éditeur | |
| Camille Japy | ... | Nadine | |
| Fabrice Murgia | ... | Rudy | |
| Nina Drecq | ... | Sue Helen | |
| Jacqueline Bir | ... | La dame sèche | |
| Laurence d'Amelio | ... | Isabelle Balsan | |
| Julien Frison | ... | François | |
| Erik Burke | ... | Filip | |
| Aïssatou Diop | ... | Florence | |
| Nicolas Buysse | ... | Polo | |
| Bruno Metzger | ... | Jésus | |
| Cindy Besson | ... | La cliente battue |
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100 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Netherlands:AL |
Germany:6 |
Greece:K |
Argentina:Atp
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Catherine Frot is a sweet-faced, sprightly French actress who looks a decade younger than her 52 years. She's also sexy in her inimitable way, and she's always watchable and versatile (she often plays confused, if not ditzy, characters, but she can turn on the drama too; see her as the heavy in The Page Turner).
Frot has a tendency to carry any film she's in. She's one of those few actors who just lights up the screen. Alas, when the camera's not on her, borderline 'good' films like this one suddenly lose a great deal of appeal. In short, if Frot weren't in this film, I'm not sure how redeemable it would be.
Frot plays Odette Toulemonde (loose translation: 'Odette Everyone'), a cheerful, unworldly, dreamy sales clerk who loves the sappy books of author Balthazar Balsan (Albert Dupontel, who in real life is 10 years younger than Frot). Odette writes Balthazar a letter that, in her simple way, is profound, and inspires the writer, a sophisticated, womanizing Parisian who quotes Proust, to uproot himself and suddenly appear at Odette's house in a small Belgian town. This internationally famous writer begs to stay with her. This is all highly implausible of course, but 'Odette' is a fantasy film more than anything else, so plausibility is a non-issue.
This has been called 'a feel-good' film. That might be true, but it also strains credulity to make us feel 'good'. Noticeably, after a promising first half, it begins to bog down in the second, showing its deficiencies by becoming frequently boring and clichéd (e.g. the all-too-familiar sullen, alienated daughter and the upbeat gay son). The film doesn't quite know where its focus is supposed to be. But if you're an incurable romantic, you might well overlook its flaws and love it. For me, it was worth watching just to see Catherine Frot scale the heights and conquer once more.