Little White Lies (2010)
"Les petits mouchoirs" (original title)

A near-fatal accident leaves one friend in the hospital while the rest go on their annual vacation. But their secrets and personal grief threaten to drive them apart.

Director:

Guillaume Canet

Writer:

Guillaume Canet (scenario and dialogue)

Stars:

François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
François Cluzet	...	Max Cantara
Marion Cotillard	...	Marie
Benoît Magimel	...	Vincent Ribaud
Gilles Lellouche	...	Éric
Jean Dujardin	...	Ludo
Laurent Lafitte	...	Antoine
Valérie Bonneton	...	Véronique Cantara
Pascale Arbillot	...	Isabelle Ribaud
Anne Marivin	...	Juliette
Louise Monot	...	Léa
Joël Dupuch	...	Jean-Louis
Hocine Mérabet	...	Nassim
Mathieu Chedid	...	Raphaël (as Matthieu Chedid)
Maxim Nucci	...	Franck
Néo Broca	...	Elliot

Storyline

Every year, Max, a successful restaurant owner, and Véro, his eco-friendly wife invite a merry group of friends to their beautiful beach house to celebrate Antoine's birthday and kick-start the vacation. But, this year, before they all leave Paris, their buddy Ludo is hurt in a serious accident, which sets off a dramatic chain of reactions and emotional responses. The eagerly anticipated vacation leads each of the protagonists to raise the little veils that for years they have draped over what bothers and upsets them. Pretenses become increasingly hard to keep up. Until the moment when the truth finally catches up with them all...

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Plot Keywords:

friend | vacation | secret | group of friends | friendship | 

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Taglines:

The one thing friends can't escape is a few home truths.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Europa Corp. [fr] Official Facebook [gb]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

20 October 2010 (France)

Also Known As:

Little White Lies

Filming Locations:

Avenue Marceau, Paris 8, Paris, France

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$43,035 (USA) (31 August 2012)

Gross:

$183,662 (USA) (21 September 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Productions du Trésor, EuropaCorp, Caneo Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

154 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Eric sends a text message to Marie's cell phone to call him back urgently, while he is in the restaurant with the blonde actress. Marie's cell phone beeps when receiving this text message, but when Marie opens the text message, the cell phone's display shows that it is set on mute ("silencieux").

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Connections

Featured in Estrenos Críticos: El Castor, NowhereBoy... (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Talk To Me"
Written by Maxim Nucci and Marianne Groves
Performed by Maxim Nucci
Courtesy of Sony Music

User Reviews

One of the most realistic movies ever about the truth of life......

Beautiful movie with topics and acting FAR ABOVE what we are used to get from the States (Hollywood). Most people in this movie of Canet are in their best years of their lives (and above the average if looking at their attractiveness)and meet on a holiday in Les Landes, south of France. Beautiful back ground music and (no French) songs coupled to nice realistic scenes of people which enjoy their holidays, but also have many disputes with their "friends". Acting is phenomenal!!All scenes within 2 and half hours watching are realistic and recognizable to the observer. The movie shows that people need each other to be able to have sex and make joy. If someone fells ill or is badly wounded as in this movie Ludo, he (or she) can shake it, because people tend to pay attention only to those which can offer them good company, joy or sex. Still there are some very friendly en good characters in this movie which offer people their attention without asking something in return. And off course the women in this movie are very forgiving to their more egoistic male partners, as is the case in real life.......