Laure duthilleul sophie marceau biography

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Bereavement affects people in different ways, and in the case of Nelly, the heroine of Laure Duthilleul's debut feature, it involves excessive bouts of stropiness, a full-on romp with nature and a certain amount of highly suggestive corpse and coffin hugging.  With a less talented and less sympathetic actress than Sophie Marceau in Nelly's decidedly wobbly widow's shoes À ce soir would be hard to take seriously, and even Marceau looks as if she has her work cut out as she labours to crowbar a modicum of credibility into her character's shameless histrionics.  The same applies, to a lesser extent, to virtually every character in the film (even the one played by the superb Antoine Chappey) - their reaction to a shockingly suddenly demise is more theatrical than cinematic, and the deeper sense of loss is somehow overlooked, or else buried several leagues beneath the surface theatricality.  It's the kind of film that, in retrospect, would probably have worked better as a stage play.

Laure Duthilleul is a name that will already be familiar to French film enthusiasts.  Since the early eighties, she has led a busy acting career, with around eighty screen credits to her name, including René Allio's Le Matelot 512 (1984) and Claude Berri's L'Un reste, l'autre part (2004).  As a director, she shows some promise in her first feature which, whilst somewhat let down by a weak and uneven script, impresses with its visual flair and quaintly idiosyncratic poetry.  With a rare confidence for a first-time director, Duthilleul imposes her own personal stamp on the film, eschewing tidy formalism for a quirky spontaneity which lightens the mood and brings a subtle, occasionally irreverent, cheeriness to the film's bleak subject matter. 

The apparent inability of the adult characters to cope with the loss of a husband, friend or family relation is effectively contrasted by the far more natural (and believable) reactions of the children, and this is ultimately what redeems the film, along with Franck Louise's eerily incongruous score and some highly imaginative and highly effective camerawork.  À ce soir is the kind of film - an offbeat, unpretentious little drama - in which Sophie Marceau is at her best, and whilst her Adjani-style theatrics veer towards outright silliness in a few scenes, her tangible presence brings an appealing vitality and unpredictability to the film.  Bereavement doesn't just hurt like Hell, it can also send you ever so slightly mad - Marceau certainly serves up plenty of madness, but the pain within is somewhat harder to discern.

Tony, un marin-pêcheur, dont le père s'est perdu en mer, l'héberge et la place à la halle aux poissons...

Nos Enfants chéris (2003)

, 1h26
Directed byBenoît Cohen
OriginFrance
GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
ThemesFilms about families, Le thème des vacances
ActorsMathieu Demy, Laurence Côte, Romane Bohringer, Mathias Mlekuz, Fabio Zenoni, Éléonore Pourriat
Rating61%
30 ans : l'âge des responsabilités.

Il est le directeur de l aménagement (DAAB) à la SNCF (chargé de tous les projets urbains et architecturaux de la société ferrovaire) et président de l AREP.

Il est le directeur de l aménagement (DAAB) à la SNCF (chargé de tous les projets urbains et architecturaux de la société ferrovaire) et président de l AREP. Vic is frustrated by her parents, who will not allow her to attend the "boum", a big party. While Vic is busy finding her true love, her parents' marriage faces a crisis when her father's ex-lover demands a last night together.

The Last Hammer Blow (2014)

, 1h22
Directed byAlix Delaporte
OriginFrance
GenresDrama
ActorsClotilde Hesme, Candela Peña, Grégory Gadebois, Farida Rahouadj, Mireia Vilapuig
Rating65%
Quand Victor, treize ans, pousse la porte de l'Opéra Comédie à Montpellier, il ne connaît rien à la musique.

Still in love with his wife, he enjoys his wife and family and is content.

Film Synopsis

Awaking early one morning, Nelly finds her husband Manuel is still asleep.  A hardworking doctor, Manuel deserves a lie in, so Nelly leaves him in peace.  She is unconcerned when she finds him still in bed when she turns in for the night.  The next morning, Manuel still hasn't emerged from his slumbers and it is at this point that Nelly realises he is dead.  The shock is more than she can bear.  They are barely middle-aged and she had always thought that they would grow old together.  Now that Manuel has departed this world Nelly can hardly bring herself to have him buried.  It is up to the couple's friends to rally round and help Nelly overcome her insurmountable sense of loss...

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Duthilleul, Laure — (1959, France )    A stage and film actress (about sixty films from 1979 Très insuffisant, Hervé Bérard, to 2007 L Inconnue de Deauville, Sophie Marceau), she has directed only one feature film. Martin se prépare à partir dans sa maison de vacances avec sa femme Ariane et sa fille Cerise de 4 mois.

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Jean Marie Duthilleul — Jean Marie Duthilleul, né en 1952, est un ingénieur et architecte français. Fifteen days later, they happen to meet again and the mutual attraction turns into infatuation. Her great-grandmother, Poupette, helps her out, and Vic ends up falling in love with Matthieu (Alexandre Sterling).

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Nelly (film) — Nelly Directed by Laure Duthilleul Written by Laure Duthilleul Jean Pol Fargeau Pierre Erwan Guillaume Starring Sophie Marceau Cinematography …   Wikipedia

Patricia Mazuy — Données clés Naissance 1960 Dijon  France Nationalité …   Wikipédia en Français

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