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Catherine, hugely popular (and wealthy) from her long-running television soap opera, longs for glory on the big screen. She prepares...
Catherine, hugely popular (and wealthy) from her long-running television soap opera, longs for glory on the big screen. She prepares to star in a Feydeau farce about to open on th 17th, but despite all her success she wonders if her work has any value or meaning. Jean-François, piano prodigy with an international reputation, is preparing for a major Beethoven recital on the 17th, yet he basically just wants to be alone. Jacques, a businessman turned art connoisseur, has amassed an extraordinary, highly personal art collection, but on the 17th it will all be sold off. Catherine, Jean-François and Jacques have all devoted their lives to art, yet what kinds of lives has art given them? They sometimes cross paths and nurse their neuroses at a café where they are waited on by Jessica, recently arrived in Paris on her own quest for fame and fortune.
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74 %99 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
70 %14,236 reviewsAudience score rating
"A well-oiled script is nicely served by a multigenerational cast, a bittersweet and consistently entertaining mainstream comedy that tackles the big themes of Life and Art with unpretentious brio..."
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Variety
Variety"Very entertaining French ensemble comedy disguises its contrivances with generous, witty and winning performances..."
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New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald"Effortlessly interlinking the stories through the jaunty perambulations of a fresh-faced waitress from a local cafe, Thomson's crowd-pleaser makes up in refined schmaltz what it lacks in innovation or profundity..."
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Chicago Reader
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- Rating
- M, contains low level offensive language
- Runtime
- 106
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- France, USA
