Variety
Gets progressively lighter as it moves along, acknowledging the primacy of human interaction (foibles and all) over doctrine.
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Non-Fiction (Doubles Vies)
A writer and a publisher struggle to cope with a changing industry in this French comedy from Cannes Best Director winner Olivier Assayas.
"Alain (Guillaume Canet, Love Me If You Dare), a successful Parisian publisher struggling to adapt to the digital revolution, has major doubts about the new manuscript of Léonard (Vincent Macaigne, The Innocents), one of his long-time authors – another work of auto-fiction recycling his love affair with a minor celebrity. Selena (Juliette Binoche), Alain’s wife, a famous stage actress, is of the opposite opinion." (Venice Film Festival)
Less2018Rating: M, Offensive language & nudity108 minsFranceFrench with English subtitles
ComedyWorld CinemaFestival & Independent
- Director:
- Olivier Assayas ('Personal Shopper', 'Clouds of Sils Maria', 'Something in the Air')
- Writer:
- Olivier Assayas
- Cast:
- Guillaume CanetJuliette BinocheVincent MacaigneChrista ThéretNora HamzawiPascal GreggoryLaurent PoitrenauxSigrid Bouaziz
Non-Fiction (Doubles Vies) | Reviews
Screen Daily
It's only gradually that Assayas allows his self-penned script to open the comedy throttle, overlaying this strata of ideas with cute, smart, sexy comic strokes, without ever quite undermining it.
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Los Angeles Times
The frame holds steadier here; it's the churning dialogue - funny, seductive, always carving out fresh tributaries - that propels you forward.
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Little White Lies
The comic scenes are the most assured, capturing some brilliant reaction shots that really sell the Sisyphean task of being a struggling author.
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