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Rien à faire
1999 Drama / Romance
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Credits
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Director: Marion Vernoux
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Script: Santiago Amigorena, Gaëlle Macé, Marc Syrigas, Marion Vernoux
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Photo: Dominique Colin
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Music: Alexandre Desplat
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Cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
(Marie),
Patrick Dell'Isola (Pierre),
Sergi López (Luis),
Florence Thomassin (Sophie),
Kelly Hornoy (Julie),
Marion des Fachelles (Alice),
Jérémy Bourgois (Luis),
Chloé Mons (Catherine),
Alexandre Carrière (Hervé),
Farida Rahouadj (Marie),
Josette Hemsen (Mireille),
Philippe Peltier (Robert),
Frédérique Hazard (Nicole),
Jo Hochain (Geneviéve)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 105 min
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Aka: Empty Days
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Summary
An unemployed working class woman, Marie, has difficulty filling her empty days until
one day she meets Pierre at a supermarket checkout. He is also out of work and has
little to do except attend job interviews and do the shopping. Both Pierre and Marie
are married, but come from opposite ends of the social spectrum, Pierre enjoying a lifestyle
Marie can only dream of. Despite their differences, their shared predicament
brings them together and their friendship quickly turns into a passionate love affair...
Review
In French cinema, the simplest subjects often make the most striking films, and Marion
Vernoux’s charming but touching romantic drama Rien à faire bears that out.
Although the plot is admittedly anodyne stuff, its treatment is pure auteur and
the result is a captivating film showing the brutal fragility of an ephemeral romance.
The inventive cinematography vividly conveys the mood of the lead characters - frequent
moments of euphoria piercing a sense of suppressed melancholia as Marie and Pierre discover
a shared relief from their monotonous and unfulfilled lives. Compelling naturalistic
performances from Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Patrick Dell'Isola make this a satisfying
and moving minimalist drama about those eternal themes of love, loneliness and desire.
© James Travers 2002
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