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Director: Laurent Bouhnik
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From Time Out Film Guide
Confirming the promise of Sélect Hôtel, his debut vérité-style examination of Parisian marginals, Laurent Bouhnik's second feature has echoes of Godard in its sympathetic study of a lonely but proud/bold dressmaker, Madeleine (Briole, open and dignified). 'My Life's fucked - but I'm not part of it,' says the alienated, thirty-something woman, in a series of interior monolgues. She embarks on a run Lonely Hearts encounters, observed by with acute but non-judgmental detail. A film of subtle discretion, formal vigour and delight in the still rich humanist-realist cinematic tradition.Author: WH
Cast & crew
Director: Laurent Bouhnik
Producer: Jean Cottin, Etienne Comar, Laurent Bouhnik
Cast: Véra Briole, Manuel Blanc, Anouk Aimée, Jean-Michel Fête, Jean-François Gallotee, Michel Goudouin, Aurélia Petit, Emmanuelle Rozes full cast
Duration: 85 mins
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