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Little White Lies

Original title: Les petits mouchoirs
  • 20102010
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 34m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
25K
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Little White Lies (2010)
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  • Comedy
  • Drama
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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
25K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Guillaume Canet
  • Writer
    • Guillaume Canet(scenario and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • François Cluzet
    • Marion Cotillard
    • Benoît Magimel
Top credits
  • Director
    • Guillaume Canet
  • Writer
    • Guillaume Canet(scenario and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • François Cluzet
    • Marion Cotillard
    • Benoît Magimel
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 54User reviews
    • 121Critic reviews
    • 50Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 nominations

    Videos3

    Bande-annonce [OV]
    Trailer 2:37
    Bande-annonce [OV]
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    Trailer 1:58
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    Little White Lies
    Trailer 1:46
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    Photos26

    Pascale Arbillot and Marion Cotillard in Little White Lies (2010)
    François Cluzet and Marion Cotillard in Little White Lies (2010)
    Marion Cotillard in Little White Lies (2010)
    Marion Cotillard, Laurent Lafitte, and Gilles Lellouche in Little White Lies (2010)
    Marion Cotillard and Gilles Lellouche in Little White Lies (2010)
    Jean Dujardin and Joël Dupuch in Little White Lies (2010)
    Guillaume Canet, François Cluzet, and Marion Cotillard in Little White Lies (2010)
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    Top cast

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    François Cluzet
    François Cluzet
    • Max Cantara
    Marion Cotillard
    Marion Cotillard
    • Marie
    Benoît Magimel
    Benoît Magimel
    • Vincent Ribaud
    Jean Dujardin
    Jean Dujardin
    • Ludo
    Gilles Lellouche
    Gilles Lellouche
    • Éric
    Laurent Lafitte
    Laurent Lafitte
    • Antoine
    Valérie Bonneton
    Valérie Bonneton
    • Véronique Cantara
    Pascale Arbillot
    Pascale Arbillot
    • Isabelle Ribaud
    Anne Marivin
    Anne Marivin
    • Juliette
    Louise Monot
    Louise Monot
    • Léa
    Joël Dupuch
    • Jean-Louis
    Hocine Mérabet
    • Nassim
    Matthieu Chedid
    • Raphaël
    Maxim Nucci
    • Franck
    Néo Broca
    • Elliot
    Marc Mairé
    • Arthur
    Jeanne Dupuch
    • Jeanne
    Mado Mérabet
    • Brigitte
    • Director
      • Guillaume Canet
    • Writer
      • Guillaume Canet(scenario and dialogue)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The French title "Les Petits Mouchoirs" refers to an idiomatic expression that is similar to the English term "Sweeping something under the rug". You cover something up with a napkin or a handkerchief and pretend it's no longer there even though everyone knows it is. The English term "Little White Lies" is a similar if not identical concept.
    • 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").
    • Connections
      Featured in Estrenos Críticos: El Castor, NowhereBoy... (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Are You Gonna Be My Girl
      Written by Nic Cester and Cameron Muncey

      Performed by Jet

      Courtesy of MCA Records

    User reviews54

    Review
    Top review
    5/10
    The acting exceeds the overall result.
    Guillaume Canet does his best Arnaud Desplechin impression to mixed results. The film centers on a simple plot (a group of longtime friends going on their yearly beach vacation together) with a slight twist (they leave a member of the group in the hospital to go). Canet (who wrote and directed) crafts a character piece, delving into the lies that these people tell each other and themselves, and then slowly picks at the facade until it all comes out in the open. It's a pretty standard premise, but the actors here really make the film shine. Every one of them has at least one moment to impress and the majority of the extended cast make good use of them.

    Francois Cluzet is excellent as the patriarch of the group, constantly in a state of distress over having to bury a secret that he's uncomfortable with. Benoit Magimel shines as a family man who is struggling with his sexuality. Gilles Lellouche is perfectly cast as the man-child with a heart of gold. It's no surprise that the one who shines brightest is Marion Cotillard, given the role of the woman who is caught in a state of despair, not really knowing what she wants in life. Unfortunately, Canet is incapable of creating characters with a real sense of depth to them. Even the main ones that we delve into only really have one thing that we barrel in on, and the female characters (aside from Cotillard's) are almost insultingly thin.

    The film pretty much focuses on the men and Cotillard, leaving the other women as these shells of characters that Canet refuses to dig into, despite the extensive 150 minute running time. You'd think that with a running time that long, he could have created characters much more complex than the ones we received. The film all boils up to a conclusion that is a very easy and obvious attempt at trying to get some emotion out of the audience, incredibly disappointing in it's predictability. Overall, this isn't a bad film; it's entertaining to watch and the actors are able to get some fine emotional moments out of it. But really it's a case of a great cast being able to overcome the ineptitude of it's writer and director.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 20, 2010 (Belgium)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Belgium
    • Official sites
      • Europa Corp. (France)
      • Official Facebook (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Lời Nói Dối Vô Hại
    • Filming locations
      • Lège-Cap-Ferret, Gironde, France
    • Production companies
      • Trésor Films
      • EuropaCorp
      • Caneo Films
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €15,268,310 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $206,088
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $25,654
      • Aug 26, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $53,319,615
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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