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

Director:

Guillaume Canet

Writer:

Guillaume Canet (scenario and dialogue)

Release Date:

20 October 2010 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Vacation | Secret | Group Of Friends | Friendship

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

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
Marc Mairé	...	Arthur
Jeanne Dupuch	...	Jeanne
Mado Mérabet	...	Brigitte
Sara Martins	...	Petite amie de Marie
Edouard Montoute	...	Copain boîte de Ludo
Nikita Lespinasse	...	Virginie, la figurante
Niseema Theillaud	...	Sabine, la mère de Ludo
Patrice Renson	...	Le futur mari de Juliette
Jean-Claude Lagniez	...	Moniteur bateau-école
Jean-Claude Cotillard	...	Architecte hôtel Max
Pierre-Benoist Varoclier	...	Serveur hôtel Max
Benoît Petitjean	...	Serveur hôtel Max
François Bredon	...	Physionomiste boîte de nuit
Jean-Louis Fourrier	...	Le Prêtre enterrement
Claude Lellouche	...	Supporter foot
Jean-Claude Farnaud	...	Supporter foot
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sarah Barlondo	...	Cliente (uncredited)
Eric Moreau	...	Le machiniste de cinéma (uncredited)

Directed by
Guillaume Canet

Writing credits
Guillaume Canet		(scenario and dialogue)

Produced by
Alain Attal	....	producer
Gaëtan David	....	associate producer
André Logie	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
Christophe Offenstein

Film Editing by
Hervé de Luze

Production Design by
Philippe Chiffre

Art Direction by
Stanislas Reydellet

Set Decoration by
Ariane Audouard

Costume Design by
Carine Sarfati

Makeup Department
Guillaume Castagné	....	special makeup effects artist
Nicolas Herlin	....	special makeup effects artist
Frédéric Lainé	....	special makeup effects artist
Pascal Larue	....	special makeup effects artist
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen	....	key make-up artist
Gérald Portenart	....	key hair stylist
Olivier Seyfrid	....	hair stylist
Manuela Taco	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Tony Botella	....	extra unit manager trainee
Gregory Bruneau	....	assistant unit manager
Sébastien Delepine	....	assistant unit manager
Varujan Gumusel	....	post-production manager
Fabrice Lamy	....	unit manager trainee
François Lebourg	....	extra unit manager trainee
Sébastien Lombard	....	unit manager trainee
Nicolas Mouchet	....	post-production manager
Florent Perrin	....	unit manager trainee
Nora Salhi	....	production manager
Grégory Valais	....	unit manager
Roxanne Vallet	....	unit manager trainee
Gregory Valmir	....	unit manager trainee

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cédric Bernard	....	first assistant director
Ludovic Bernard	....	first assistant director
Christel Bordon	....	second assistant director
Julie-Anne Simon	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Thomas Akoka	....	head painter
Khadija Ben Mustapha	....	set dresser
Sébastien Borie	....	prop master
Frédéric Cambon	....	assistant art director
Aude Charlon	....	assistant set decorator
Leromain Isabelle	....	assistant art director
Félix Roue	....	swing gang
Uriel Zylberman	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Niels Barletta	....	sound mastering engineer
Vincent Breau	....	boom operator
Christophe Burdet	....	assistant foley artist
Rémi Daru	....	boom operator
Marc Doisne	....	sound re-recording mixer
Patrick Egreteau	....	foley artist
Pierre Gamet	....	sound
Steven Ghouti	....	adr & foley mixer
Jean Goudier	....	sound editor
Jean-Paul Hurier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Vincent Montrobert	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Olivier Afonso	....	special effects makeup
Jeanne Bolzinger	....	special effects makeup
Cyril Hipaux	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Alain Bignet	....	digital compositor
Emilien Breuillier	....	visual effects: previz (as Breuillier Emilien)
Eric Carme	....	visual effects artist
Alain Carsoux	....	visual effects director
Florian Chauvet	....	visual effects coordinator
Ana Cojanu	....	visual effects editor
Séverine De Wever	....	visual effects producer
Christophe Dehaene	....	digital compositor
Antoine Dezelli	....	digital compositor
Stephane Dittoo	....	visual effects supervisor
Adrien Garcia	....	digital compositor
Aurélien Grand	....	retouch and restoration
Pacini Kevin	....	visual effects editor
Julien Lasson	....	digital compositor
Guillaume Le Gouez	....	digital compositor
Christophe Lucotte	....	visual effects
Fredrik Monteil	....	digital compositor
Vincent Perzo	....	digital compositor
Joel Pinto	....	digital compositor
Laurent Ripoll	....	visual effects editor
Aurore Rousset	....	animator
Christian Simon	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Séguin	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Dean Bailey	....	action coordinator
Michel Carliez	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Fabrice Bismuth	....	first assistant camera
Fanny Coustenoble	....	second assistant camera: renfort
Magali Sylvestre de Sacy	....	first assistant camera
Gérald Faure	....	grip
Vincent Garat	....	generator operator
Julie Gaujour	....	second assistant camera
Guillaume Genini	....	first assistant camera: second unit
David Goudier	....	assistant video
Jean-Baptiste Jay	....	ultimate arm camera operator
Antoine Laurens	....	camera loader
Vincent Le Borgne	....	electrician
Lucas Leconte	....	first assistant camera
Jean-Claude Lother	....	still photographer
Robert Petrin	....	ultimate arm operator
Luc Poullain	....	helicopter pilot: camera helicopter
James Swanson	....	aerial cinematographer

Casting Department
Adèle Bruchert	....	extras casting assistant
Laurent Couraud	....	casting associate
Laurent Couraud	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Aurore Vicente	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Pierre-Victor Bainier	....	assistant editor
Jean-Denis Buré	....	first assistant editor
Arnaud Caréo	....	on-line editor
Mickaël Commereuc	....	colorist assistant
Xavier Desjours	....	dailies color grader
Fabien Pascal	....	colorist

Other crew
Anthony Cauchy	....	business affairs manager: M6 Films
Marie Le Mire	....	legal
David Leroux	....	i t specialist
Isabelle Querrioux	....	script supervisor
Emmanuel Sierra	....	financial director

Thanks
Marion Cotillard	....	the director wishes to thank

Production Companies

• Les Productions du Trésor (production)
• EuropaCorp (co-production)
• Caneo Films (co-production)
• M6 Films (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• M6 (participation)
• W9 (participation)
• Cofinova 6 (in association with)
• Compagnie Cinématographique Européenne, La (in association with)
• Panache Productions (in association with)

Distributors

• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• California Filmes (2012) (Brazil) (all media)
• Agora Films S.A. (2010) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Atlantic Film (2011) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Lucky Red (2012) (Italy) (theatrical)
• MPI (2012) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Odeon (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Hopscotch Films (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
• MPI Media Group (2012) (USA) (all media)
• Maple Pictures (2010) (Canada) (all media)
• Twin Pics (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twin Pics (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Vicol Entertainment (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• WoWow (2012) (Japan) (TV)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2011) (Portugal) (all media)

Other Companies

• Aerial Camera Systems (ACS)  helicopter gyrostabilized camera system
• Cinecascade  vehicle stunts
• Technicolor  release printing

Also Known As:

"Les petits mouchoirs" - France (original title)

Runtime:

France:154 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Ireland:16 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | UK:15 | Netherlands:12 | Australia:MA (2011) | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-13 | Sweden:11 | USA:Not Rated | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Avenue Marceau, Paris 8, Paris, France

Company:

Les Productions du Trésor

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: 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").

Movie Connections:

Features Scarecrow (1973)

Soundtrack:

Are You Gonna Be My Girl

Mediocre - rambling - shapeless

The singular failing of this film is in the writing: it is a simple story (OK so far) but it's bookended episodes of accident and the result of that incident do not give it sufficient structure. The center of the film is tedious. It is not much more than a home movie of one's closest friends and that is not enough material to interest strangers.

Nor does it do what a good art does: which is move from the specific situation to a general plain in which to invite others into, and share, the drama. It descends into a shapeless hole of laughs, cuddles (endless embraces and smiles as if they had a quote to fulfill) and silly episodes of similar length and boredom. The use and duration of pop songs with montage is like an idiotic pop video and reveals the low aspirations and mediocrity behind the design.

The characters are uneven and the female are very badly crafted; the male are simpering fools and without much emotional maturity or ability. The closing scenes are mawkish and indulgent to a degree that ought to have been consigned to a cutting room floor.

The entire film is over long and does not merit the duration at all as it is has been completed without adequate editing.

The scenes of the Bordeaux coast are the best feature of the entire film.