Sinopsis
Lolita Cassard has it in for the entire world because she doesn’t look like the girls in glossy magazines and would like so much to feel and look beautiful, at least in her father’s eyes. Etienne Cassard doesn’t look much at other people because it makes him feel older. Pierre Miller is a writer convinced of his own failure. Sylvia Miller is a singing teacher who believes in Pierre's talent but doubts her own and that of her pupil Lolita. This is a story of people wrestling with themselves who know very well what they would do if they were in the other's place, but fail to do so when the chance comes to them.
French actress, screenwriter, director and singer. As an actress, she received the César for best actress in a supporting role in 1998. She has had roles in more than 25 cinema films between 1983 and 2022. She has directed five films: Le Goût des autres (2000); Comme une image ( 2004); Parlez-moi de la pluie (2008); Au bout du conte (2013) and Place publique (2018). She writes in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Bacri, actor and director. She has written two plays: Cuisine et dépendances and Un air de famille.
Photograph © Philippe Queisse / Unifrance
Institut français de Madrid
French director: Agnès Jaoui
Year of production: 2004
Duration: 1h 50m
Country: France
Language: French
Director: Agnes Jaoui
Cast: Marilou Berry, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui, Laurent Grévill, Virginie Desarnauts, Keine Bouhiza and Grégoire Oestermann
Production: Christian Bérard, Jean-Philippe Andraca
Cinematographer: Stephane Fontaine
Production companies: Les Films A4, StudioCanal, France 2 Cinéma, Canal +, Lumière and Eyescreen SRL
International Sales: Studiocanal
Selected at Cannes, Award for Best Screenplay, European Film Award for Best Screenplay, César Awards, Nominated for Best Foreign Film by the New York Critics Circle
