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De plus belle

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De plus belle
Directed byAnne-Gaëlle Daval
StarringFlorence Foresti
Mathieu Kassovitz
Release date
  • 8 March 2017 (2017-03-08)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$6.2 million[1]
Box office$549,000[2]

De plus belle is a 2017 French film directed by Anne-Gaëlle Daval. A romantic comedy starring Florence Foresti and Mathieu Kassovitz, it tells the story of a breast cancer survivor's efforts to rebuild her life. It received mixed reviews from critics.

Summary

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Lucie Larcher, a breast cancer survivor and single mother, learns how to rebuild her life.[3] She meets Clovis, her new lover, in a nightclub, and takes dancing lessons with her teacher Dalida.[3] She brings up her daughter and takes constructive criticisms from her mother.[3]

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Reception

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The film received mixed reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 8 reviews, and an average rating of 5.33/10.[4]

In a review for Le Monde, Thomas Sotinel suggested the film was conventional for French romantic comedies, with an expected happy ending.[5] Le Parisien praised Kassovitz and Foresti's acting, calling Foresti's "magical".[6] They concluded, "everything is strong, everything is sharp, everything is intense" in this film.[6]

Reviewing it for L'Express, Laurent Dijan said the film was slow-paced and embarrassing.[7] Nevertheless, he praised Jonathan Cohen's acting.[7] While Sylvestre Picard of Premiere was similarly laudatory of Cohen's acting, he deplored the profusion of sub-themes in the script.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "De plus belle (2017) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ "Ladies".
  3. ^ a b c "De plus belle". Télérama. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  4. ^ "Ladies (De plus belle) (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  5. ^ Sotinel, Thomas (March 7, 2017). ""De plus belle": amour, espoir et oncologie". Le Monde. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  6. ^ a b ""De plus belle" : à corps et à cœur". Le Parisien. March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Dijan, Laurent (March 7, 2017). "De plus belle: Florence Foresti à contre-emploi dans un film qui se traîne". L'Express. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  8. ^ Picard, Sylvestre (March 7, 2017). "De plus belle". Premiere. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
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