Summary
Ariane has a habit of transposing the complicated love lives of those around her into
the trashy love stories that she writes for a women’s magazine. Her current
preoccupation is Lena, her half-sister, who has started taking an interest in Mark, a
fellow musician. Lena already has a boyfriend, François, but the spark went
out of that relationship long ago and Lena is reluctant to let it go any further.
When she is not imagining a happy future for Lena, Ariane reflects on her own disappointed
love life. She has fallen for Farid, a wealthy businessman who insists that he cannot
settle down with her. She fails to notice that her true admirer is Pablo, a Spanish
builder...
Review
Toi et moi is Julie Lopes-Curval’s second full
length film, following her highly rated 2002 drama, Bord
de mer. It offers an unashamedly feminine view of romantic love, contrasting
the kind of relationship a woman thinks she wants (all roses and sweet pillow talk) with
the duvet-hogging reality. The narrative is cut up with girly photo-novel inserts
in a way that is both funny and irritating, an unnecessary stylistic embellishment for
what is essentially a conventional French romantic drama. Largely on account of
a lacklustre script, the film drags and feels a lot longer than it is, in spite of some
engaging performances from a very talented cast.
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Credits
- Director: Julie Lopes-Curval
- Script: Sophie Hiet, Julie Lopes-Curval
- Photo: Philippe Guilbert
- Music: Sébastien Schuller
- Cast: Marion Cotillard (Lena), Julie Depardieu (Ariane), Jonathan Zaccaï (Mark), Eric Berger (François), Chantal Lauby (Éléonore), Sergio Peris-Mencheta (Pablo), Tomer Sisley (Farid), Carole Franck (Sandrine), Philippe Le Fèvre (Jérémie), Christophe Guiot (Le chef d’orchestre), Nathaniele Esther (L’éditrice), Sabine Balasse (Corinne)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 90 min
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