Gentille (2005)

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Director:

Sophie Fillières

Writer:

Sophie Fillières (scenario)

Stars:

Emmanuelle Devos, Lambert Wilson, Bruno Todeschini

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Emmanuelle Devos	...	Fontaine Leglou
Lambert Wilson	...	Philippe
Bruno Todeschini	...	Michel Strogoff
Michael Lonsdale	...	Jean
Bulle Ogier	...	Angèle
Julie-Anne Roth	...	Cléia
Nicolas Briançon	...	Jean-Jacques
Michel Vuillermoz	...	Le docteur Gudarzi
Magali Woch	...	Sonia
Gabrielle Vallières	...	Amandine
Gilles Cohen	...	Hugues
Hossein Ghavanloo	...	Le cracheur de feu
Eric Elmosnino	...	Marco, le destin
Cécile Reigher	...	L'employée de la piscine
Nicolas Vaude	...	Le type de la cafétéria

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

triple f rated | engagement ring | marriage proposal | love triangle | f rated | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

14 December 2005 (France)

Also Known As:

A kedves lány

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pierre Grise Productions, Arte France Cinéma, FMB2 Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Visa d'exploitation n° 102362 .

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Soundtracks

L'aurore
Excerpt from "COPPELIA ou La Fille Aux Yeux d'Email - Acte III"
Written by Léo Delibes (as L. Delibes)
Performed by Het Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest (as l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Rotterdam)
Conducted by David Zinman
© 1979 Philips
Avec l'aimable autorisation de Universal Music Projets Spéciaux

User Reviews

Review from the 2005 TIFF

I saw this film at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival.

Gentille is the second feature film from Sophie Fillières, who both wrote and directed. Fontaine Leglou (played by Emmanuelle Devos) is an anesthesiologist in a private clinic. She has a scientist boyfriend (Bruno Todeschini) who is constantly trying to figure out how to get her to accept his proposal of marriage. But Fontaine is a bit adrift in her life, moving through a series of slightly absurd situations. She finds herself drawn to a patient in the clinic, a doctor (Lambert Wilson) who has to be induced into narcosis, and he may help her to define what she actually wants out of life.

This film is definitely odd, from the characters to the situations they encounter. Fontaine is a little bit scatterbrained and eccentric, challenging a man in the street who she thinks is following her then inviting him for coffee, or her reaction to an engagement ring hidden in her yogurt. The characters were a little too offbeat and odd, rather than quirky, for me to be completely engaged, and the interaction between Fontaine and her patient seemed rather peripheral. Emmanuelle Devos was kind of interesting to watch, and it was nice seeing Lambert Wilson in a dramatic role rather than in a Hollywood blockbuster, but overall the film never really clicked with me.