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6.0/10   650 votes
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Writer:
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (written by)
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Release Date:
7 February 2007 (Belgium) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Delightful feelgood escapism more

Cast

  (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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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
Country:
France | Belgium
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Certification:
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:AL | Germany:6 | Greece:K | Argentina:Atp
Filming Locations:
Belgium more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Delightful feelgood escapism, 4 April 2008
10/10
Author: Nick Suess from Perth, Australia

In some ways a remake of Amelie, in others very different indeed, with a layer of fantasy added to the surrealism of the earlier movie, and a Dennis Potter tendency to break into song at the drop of a hat, or even a feather. In Odette's case it is the songs of Josephine Baker which inspire her. Unlike Amelie, Odette is no longer young, but a widowed middle aged mother of two late teens, who struggles to keep her head above water. She is in no way chic, in fact quite the reverse, with a serious taste for all things kitsch. She is not from Montmartre, not even Parisienne, but a resident of Charleroi, a Belgian city south of Brussels famous only for its heavy industries of coal and steel. Style points seriously lacking in her life, and escapism into trashy fiction is what keeps her going.

Then when she least expects it, her life changes, and to tell any more would be a spoiler. Cynics amongst us may hate it, but the journey she travels as a result is reaffirming of optimism in life, and tells a story that wealth and fame are illusory bubbles, and that those who chase them are in for a surprise when they burst.

Watching it I was reminded of Adrian Henri's beautiful little poem, with the line "Love is a fan club with only two fans". Watch it.

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