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A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.
- Awards
- 6 nominations
Alfred de Montesquiou
- Alex
- (as Alfred Demontesquiou)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe crew was given permission to shoot in the Élysée palace, in the entrance court and one of the salons. Even though Emmanuel Macron, the Président of the French Republic as of 2021, appears in the opening sequence, it's only through the use of archive footage and clever editing.
- Quotes
Voisin tartine: You won't run out of money, we're so rich. To die well, one must die poor. Once you're dead, your kindness will remain.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Conversation avec Bruno Dumont (2021)
Featured review
Scriptless meandering of the soul sans respite
Promising premise, terrible execution. It feels like there was never a script, just some nice locations where someone said "Hey! This would look good! Let's shoot here! We'll figure out where it fits later. Or not."
Unlike its trailer/loglines, this film widely misses the mark as a skewering of image-centered "journalists", infotainment and the like, areas so ripe for the satire which is so badly needed in today's media-centric world. What a missed opportunity!
Fortunately the actor Blanche Gardin can improv or at least deliver some lines well; otherwise.... Also, did they fire the editor? Loooooooooong shots that were really, really unnecessary, contributing nothing but boredom. In fact, it starts to be risible. The relentless pathway eventually seems so ludicrous, one can only start laughing at the incongruities.
I suggest watching with a shot of spirits; every time France cries, take a shot. You'll be drunk in about 10 minutes-- which is not even a good excuse for watching this -- and comatose by the end. And you'll be missing nothing. Shame because Lea Seydoux has been rather good in many good films; who knows what happened here: bad choice? Coercion?
Recap: No script or at least nothing to say, bad editing, scenes that are long and drawn-out for no reason, and even a couple of actors who have all the personaity and intrigue of a plastic spoon (i'll name no names). Make it a definite miss; catch The French Dispatch (or indeed, anything else) instead.
Unlike its trailer/loglines, this film widely misses the mark as a skewering of image-centered "journalists", infotainment and the like, areas so ripe for the satire which is so badly needed in today's media-centric world. What a missed opportunity!
Fortunately the actor Blanche Gardin can improv or at least deliver some lines well; otherwise.... Also, did they fire the editor? Loooooooooong shots that were really, really unnecessary, contributing nothing but boredom. In fact, it starts to be risible. The relentless pathway eventually seems so ludicrous, one can only start laughing at the incongruities.
I suggest watching with a shot of spirits; every time France cries, take a shot. You'll be drunk in about 10 minutes-- which is not even a good excuse for watching this -- and comatose by the end. And you'll be missing nothing. Shame because Lea Seydoux has been rather good in many good films; who knows what happened here: bad choice? Coercion?
Recap: No script or at least nothing to say, bad editing, scenes that are long and drawn-out for no reason, and even a couple of actors who have all the personaity and intrigue of a plastic spoon (i'll name no names). Make it a definite miss; catch The French Dispatch (or indeed, anything else) instead.
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- copykatparis
- Jan 12, 2022
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- Also known as
- On a Half Clear Morning
- Filming locations
- Schloss Elmau, Krün, Bavaria, Germany(wellness resort in the mountains)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $49,347
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,811
- Dec 12, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $1,348,498
- Runtime2 hours 13 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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