Enfin veuve (2007)

Director:

Isabelle Mergault

Writers:

Jean-Pierre Hasson (screenplay)
Isabelle Mergault (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 January 2008 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Anne-Marie lives an easy life with Gilbert, a rich plastic surgeon: a beautiful house, a doggy, a cleaning lady...

Plot Keywords:

Lover | Car Accident | Widow | Plastic Surgeon | Family Relationships

Cast

Michèle Laroque	...	Anne-Marie 'Moumousse' Gratigny
Jacques Gamblin	...	Léo Labaume
Wladimir Yordanoff	...	Gilbert Gratigny
Tom Morton	...	Christophe Gratigny
Valérie Mairesse	...	Nicole
Claire Nadeau	...	Viviane
Eva Darlan	...	Catherine
Caroline Raynaud	...	Alexia Gratigny
Paul Crauchet	...	Gaby Gratigny
Michel Lagueyrie	...	Michel
Choukri Gabteni	...	Saadi
Franck Pitiot	...	Maurice
Julien Cafaro	...	Pierrot
Agnès Boury	...	Mme Jobert
Renée Le Calm	...	Nathalie - la cliente bourrée

Also Known As:

A Widow at Last (International: English title)
The Merry Widow (USA)

Runtime:

Israel:93 min | Argentina:93 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13 | Taiwan:PG-12

Filming Locations:

Bandol, Var, France

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

Muriel Robin was considered for the role of Anne-Marie.

Soundtrack:

La Traviata

Finally a funny comedy without pretence

An optimistic film with a morale. Nothing is out of tune in this movie starred by Michele Laroque and then, the rest. Jacques Gamblin gives one of his stellar appearances, a hardened loner that can speak poetically seemingly at all the right moments.

This film starts when most finish: we witness a solid love between a couple in their 40s. Another thing I like is that: am fed up of teenagers pretending to act when they can barely deliver lines :)!

"Il Mio refugio", the music accompanying the end titles, is the best chosen soundtrack: it gives the exact nuance of a film that doesn't pretend much, and though not shying away from showing us feelings, achieves a lot. Léo gets better lines, but "Moumousse" could show with her regard that she is in love even to somebody who never learnt any (verbal) language!

The hypocrisy of the sister in law, the fidelity but at the same time moral condemnation of the maid, and above all the leisurely times of a working class bar at ... (a coastal town, rather affluent) make this film a pleasure to the mind as well as to the senses. Her son, gullible but not devoid of dignity, is pivotal. Very well cast.

Great shots of this seaside town, makes you almost want to have lived there all your life. Shot in different tows of the "Var" (?) county, in France. Thanks IMDb, as usual, for their obsessive interest in film! What would we do without you!

It's no wonder this film was such a huge success.