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La Vérité ou presque
2007 Comedy / Drama / Romance
Review
Despite its impressive cast and its earnest treatment of
some serious themes, it
is hard to warm to this comedy of manners, which feels rather like a
tasty casserole that has been left in the oven for too long. La Vérité ou presque
is the third full-length film to be directed by Sam Karmann, who won an
Oscar and Palme d’Or at Cannes for his short film Omnibus (1992). As with
Karmann’s previous two films – Kennedy et Moi (1999) and À la petite semaine
(2003) – this latest offering suffers from being somewhat too
considered and over-worked. It lacks the lightness of touch it
badly needs to engage its audience and provide some contrast between
the lighter and darker moments.
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Director:
Sam Karmann
Starring: Karin Viard, André Dussollier, François Cluzet, Brigitte Catillon, Julie Delarme Synopsis
Anne is a television presenter based in Lyons. She is married to
Thomas, has a young son, and enjoys the occasional furtive tryst with
her former husband Marc She likes to think she is in control of
her life. All that is to change when she meets Vincent, a writer
who is working on a biography of the jazz singer Pauline
Anderton. She doesn’t know that Vincent is gay, with a
neurotically jealous boyfriend, nor that her husband is interested
Caroline, Marc’s current wife. Nothing is quite what it seems...
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