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Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard (2001)
Director: Christophe Honoré
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A visually impressive, if sometimes psychologically unconvincing study of a woman, Cécile Cassard, who attempts to reclaim her life from grief after her husband's death in a car crash. Kieslowski's Blue is a narrative cousin, with Binoche's muteness and unpredictable behaviour echoed in Dalle's ascetic performance. However, with Cécile's child still alive but effectively abandoned after her mother's revivifying flight to the city, the film moves into its own territory, clear of that initial reference. Indeed, in its framing and deployment of space, The Red Desert, Antonioni's compelling take on female alienation, seems a more telling influence. Sombre, fragmented scenes offer stations on the journey through a world that is effectively shot to appear by turns hostile and mysterious in its workings on the damaged individual.Author: GE
Cast & crew
Director: Christophe Honoré
Producer: Philippe Jacquier, Béatrice Mauduit
Cast: Béatrice Dalle, Romain Duris, Jeanne Balibar, Ange Ruzé, Johan Odeiro-Robles, Tiago Manaïa, Jérôme Kircher, Julien Collet, Jérémy Sanguinetti, Marie Bunel, Fabio Zenoni, Robert Cantarella full cast
Duration: 95 mins
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