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LOOK AT ME |
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Director:
Agnès Jaoui
Screenplay:
Agnès Jaoui
Jean-Pierre Bacri
Cast:
Lolita: Marilou Berry
Sylvia: Agnès Jaoui
Etienne: Jean-Pierre Bacri
Pierre: Laurent Grevill
Karine: Virginie Desarnauts
Awards:
Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival (2004)
Best Screenwriters, European Film Award (2004)
Best Screenplay, Stockholm Film Festival (2004)
Running time: 110’
Production: France/Italy, 2004
Rating: PG-13 (brief language & a sexual reference)
Gauge: 35mm, DVD (color)
Distributor:
New Yorker Films
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“Jaoui
sets her wryly observant sights on family, artistic ambition
and the tyranny of physical appearance, and the result
is a bright, briskly moving film whose modest scale belies
the universality of its themes.”
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post |
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This newest
character-rich comedy centers on 20-year-old Lolita, a stocky,
dark-haired aspiring singer acutely aware that she doesn’t
fit into a world ruled by skinny blondes. Compounding her
low self-esteem is her inconsiderate father Etienne, a jaw-droppingly
boorish literary celebrity whom she worships and despises.
Orbiting in Etienne’s sphere of influence is a retinue
of devotees and wannabes, including a voice coach (played
by director Agnès Jaoui) who plots on behalf of her
struggling novelist husband. Brimming with music, food, and
parties, Look At Me paints a vibrant portrait of the Parisian
social whirl, but one which doesn’t gloss over the undercurrent
of backbiting and backstabbing that flows just beneath the
glittering surface. The film ends with a heart-warming country-church
recital that affirms the transcendent power of art.
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