With Love... from the Age of Reason (2010)

A career-driven businesswoman rethinks her life after getting letters that force her to reminisce a traumatic, yet romantic, upbringing.

Director:

Yann Samuell

Writer:

Yann Samuell

Stars:

Sophie Marceau, Marton Csokas, Michel Duchaussoy

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sophie Marceau	...	Marguerite vel Margaret Flore
Marton Csokas	...	Malcolm
Michel Duchaussoy	...	Maitre Mérignac
Jonathan Zaccaï	...	Philibert Bakary
Emmanuelle Grönvold	...	De Lorca
Juliette Chappey	...	Marguerite Flore enfant
Thierry Hancisse	...	Mathieu
Déborah Marique	...	La maman de Marguerite
Roméo Lebeaut	...	Philibert Bakary enfant
Jarod Legrand	...	Mathieu enfant
Alexis Michalik	...	L'assistant de Margaret
Stéphane Margot	...	Expert 1
Raphaël Devedjian	...	Simon
Emmanuel LeMire	...	Le papa de Marguerite (as Emmanuel Lemire)
Christopher Tram	...	Négociateur

Storyline

A career-driven businesswoman rethinks her life after getting letters that force her to reminisce a traumatic, yet romantic, upbringing.

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Plot Keywords:

f rated | poverty | letter | self reflection | clarinet | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Facebook [Italy]

Country:

France Belgium

Language:

French English

Release Date:

28 July 2010 (France)

Also Known As:

With Love... from the Age of Reason

Filming Locations:

Cité Internationale, Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France

Box Office

Budget:

€8,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nord-Ouest Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Marguerite has images of noted female figures in her desk and she uses them as role models in her business dealings. Most are well-known e.g. Coco Chanel, Ava Gardner, Joan of Arc, Marie Curie (Maria Sklodowska-Curie). One name - Denise Fabre - will be unfamiliar to non-French audiences. Denise Fabre is a noted French radio and television presenter, and has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest. She has also worked as a journalist.

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Soundtracks

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Music by Jean-Philippe Verdin and lyrics by Jean-Philippe Verdin and Rebecca Delannet
Performed by Lisa Mitchell

User Reviews

A comedy with interesting insights

This is not a typical slow moving French movie, although there is nothing wrong with those when they are good,it is relatively paced and full of comedy overtones and witty dialogs. Sophie is beautiful and charming as ever so I definitely recommend it to her fans. She delivers a solid performance with a nice supporting cast although maybe the characters are a bit clichés...alright, alright very clichés...

However, clichés are clichés for a reason and they convey loud and clear messages as intended to all public. The movie and its story remain quite original and combine wit, imagination and a lot more depth than the characters do. Although it is mostly a comedy it has the right scenes to create a roller-coaster in the emotions and manages to get some tears in the audience's eye in the proper moments.

What I liked most of all in the movie is its ability to push you to rethink your life and the way you live it. It forces you to reconsider if you have been paying the right amount of attention to the deserving people in your life, if you have settled from your ambitions, if you have sold out or stayed true to yourself. It also refrains from making harsh judgments and lets you ponder on your own, does not make the call for you. The world needs all kinds of people to go around...

Overall it is a good movie that manages to entertain and get you thinking about your existence as it intends to do. I recommend this to people who feel they might still be searching for themselves or are having second thoughts about their important decisions.