This is the movie I'm second most excited about seeing at this year's festival, among the French entries. Not only does it feature the female counterpart to Gerard Depardieu (that would be Catherine Deneuve, appearing in almost every French film in the past two years, even the animated ones), but it co-stars Mathieu Amalric (of last year's depressing but beautiful LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON, which I saw but about which I apparently failed to write), it's directed by Desplechin AND it opened at the New York Film Festival earlier this month to favorable reviews.
Frankly, given the above, I don't care what it's about. But for those who might, here are a few words from AFI:
AFI FEST honoree Arnaud Desplechin (LA SENTINELLE, MY SEX LIFE … OR HOW I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT, KINGS AND QUEEN) has demonstrated a knack for working with ensemble narratives. His latest is set during a bittersweet holiday season, when three generations of the Vuillard family gather at their home for what may be the last time. The matriarch, Junon (played with witty cool by Catherine Deneuve), has been stricken by a rare genetic condition. And her adult children, Henri (Mathieu Amalric from MUNICH), Elizabeth (Anne Consigny) and Ivan (Melvil Poupaud of DIARY OF A SEDUCER, BROKEN ENGLISH), and their wives and girlfriends, played by Desplechin regular Emmanuelle Devos and Chiara Mastroianni, are all at each other’s throats, replaying long-simmering resentments about financial misdeeds and thwarted romance. Desplechin mixes and matches dark comedy, psychological anguish and philosophical speculation, creating a world both entertaining and unpredictable. He renders the interaction between characters—their frivolous games, seething resentments and frustrations—so vividly that they seem as familiar as people in our own lives.
And here's the trailer (English version): http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi979632153/
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