A writer and a publisher struggle to cope with a changing industry in this French comedy from Cannes Best Director...
A writer and a publisher struggle to cope with a changing industry in this French comedy from Cannes Best Director winner Olivier Assayas.
"Alain (Guillaume Canet, Love Me If You Dare), a successful Parisian publisher struggling to adapt to the digital revolution, has major doubts about the new manuscript of Léonard (Vincent Macaigne, The Innocents), one of his long-time authors – another work of auto-fiction recycling his love affair with a minor celebrity. Selena (Juliette Binoche), Alain’s wife, a famous stage actress, is of the opposite opinion." (Venice Film Festival)
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86 %153 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
51 %82 reviewsAudience score rating
"Gets progressively lighter as it moves along, acknowledging the primacy of human interaction (foibles and all) over doctrine."
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Variety
Variety"It's only gradually that Assayas allows his self-penned script to open the comedy throttle, overlaying this strata of ideas with cute, smart, sexy comic strokes, without ever quite undermining it."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"The frame holds steadier here; it's the churning dialogue - funny, seductive, always carving out fresh tributaries - that propels you forward."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"The comic scenes are the most assured, capturing some brilliant reaction shots that really sell the Sisyphean task of being a struggling author."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"A new treasure from one of France's most vital filmmakers."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterNon-Fiction (Doubles Vies) | Details
- Runtime
- 108
- Genre
- Comedy
- Country of origin
- France
