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22 December 2004 (France) morePlot:
Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
9 wins & 9 nominations moreUser Comments:
Compelling but Bloated French Melodrama moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Emmanuelle Devos | ... | Nora Cotterelle | |
| Mathieu Amalric | ... | Ismaël Vuillard | |
| Catherine Deneuve | ... | Mme Vasset | |
| Maurice Garrel | ... | Louis Jenssens | |
| Nathalie Boutefeu | ... | Chloé Jenssens | |
| Jean-Paul Roussillon | ... | Abel Vuillard | |
| Magali Woch | ... | Arielle, la "chinoise" | |
| Hippolyte Girardot | ... | Maître Marc Mamanne | |
| Noémie Lvovsky | ... | Elizabeth | |
| Elsa Wolliaston | ... | Dr. Devereux (as Elsa Woliaston) | |
| Geoffrey Carey | ... | Claude | |
| Valentin Lelong | ... | Elias Cotterelle | |
| Thierry Bosc | ... | M. Mader | |
| Olivier Rabourdin | ... | Jean-Jacques | |
| Olivier Borle | ... | Le moniteur |
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Brazil:14 | Hungary:16 | Japan:PG-12 | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:16 | South Korea:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | France:U | USA:UnratedMOVIEmeter: 
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Nora (the devastating and luminous Emmanuelle Devos) is a single mother who suddenly has to care for her dying father (a successful writer straining to put the finishing touches on his last book, a memoir of sorts) on the eve of marrying her new suitor. Ismael (the fantastic Mathieu Amalric) is her "ex-boyfriend" who cared for her son most of the boy's life, and is a struggling musician who suddenly finds himself trapped in the loony bin thanks to an over-zealous sister, a bitter friend, and a "judicial error." Director Desplechin (this is the only film I have seen of his) does a nice job flipping back and forth between the utter bleakness and emotional hell of caring for a dying parent, and the absurd serio-comic-horror of being stuck in the "crazy hospital" against your will.
There's a lot of play with psychoanalysis (highlighted by Catherine Denueve in a bit part as a psychiatrist) that is fun and illuminating to watch. There's speckles of romance, dark humor, nihilism, magic realism, and soap opera theatrics with lots of references to philosophy, mythology, and poetry that keep the film interesting and unpredictable even as its over two and a half hour run time tries your patience. There are plenty of revelations and big emotional payoffs here punctuated well with eclectic music choices (everything from classical pieces to some sort of catchy European hip-hop) and nice little surprises (Magalie Woch is delightful as the lovely suicidal mental patient who becomes smitten with Ismael). This utterly French film gives the viewer a lot to chew on, even if you have to gnaw through a bit of gristle before dining on the fillet mignon.