The Very Merry Widows (French: Mariées mais pas trop) is a 2003 Franco-Belgian film directed and co-written by Catherine Corsini.
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| Directed by | Catherine Corsini |
| Written by | Catherine Corsini Philippe Blasband Christophe Morand |
| Produced by | Philippe Martin Jacques-Henri Bronckart |
| Starring | Jane Birkin Émilie Dequenne Pierre Richard |
| Cinematography | Jeanne Lapoirie |
| Edited by | Yannick Kergoat |
| Music by | Krishna Levy |
Production company | Les Films Pelléas |
| Distributed by | Mars Distribution |
Release dates |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Countries | France Belgium |
| Language | French |
| Budget | €3.9 million[2] |
| Box office | $345,478[3] |
Plot
editThe film is a black comedy. Renée (Jane Birkin) is a wealthy widow several times over. When her orphaned granddaughter Laurence (Émilie Dequenne) turns up looking for a place to stay, she gives the naïve young woman some instruction on marriage to the rich and terminal as a means of self-enrichment. After trying a couple of local men, Laurence sets her sights on the insurance agent investigating her grandmother's latest loss, Thomas (Jérémie Elkaïm). Renée herself, on the other hand, finds herself falling in love: with Maurice (Pierre Richard).[4]
Cast
edit- Jane Birkin as Renée
- Émilie Dequenne as Laurence
- Pierre Richard as Maurice
- Clovis Cornillac as Alexis
- Jérémie Elkaïm as Thomas
- Laurent Grévill as Jean-Daniel
- Amira Casar as Claudia
- Pierre Laroche as Georges
Reception
editA reviewer in Variety called the film "jauntily amoral" while noting that other critics had judged it "lame and distasteful".[5]
References
edit- ^ "Mariées mais pas trop", AlloCiné, retrieved 7 April 2014 (in French)
- ^ "Mariées mais pas trop". JP's Box-Office.
- ^ "Mariees mais pas trop". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ All Movie Guide, "Mariees Mais Pas Trop (2003)", Movies, The New York Times, 2010.
- ^ Lisa Nesselson, "Review: 'The Very Merry Widows'", Variety, 15 July 2003.