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directed by Sophie Lellouche
France 2012
Alice (Alice Taglioni, ZAYTOUN) has had a life long relationship with Woody Allen, carrying on a private dialogue with him about life and love (via her recollection of his dialogue from his films). Much to the consternation of her parents (CLARA ET MOI's Michel Aumont and FRENCH KISS' Marie-Christine Adam), no man seems to measure up to the Woody; and Alice remains unmarried while her younger sister Helene (Marine Delterme, VATEL) - a hardworking and successful attorney - has been married to charming financier Pierre (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, POLISSE) for the past fifteen years. Having endured many a dud date in search of "the one", Alice has finally embraced Allen's paraphrasing of Freud (from DECONSTRUCTING HARRY) that "the two most important things that in your life are the work that you chose and sex". She has taken over the family pharmacy (even going so far as to prescribe Woody Allen movies to cure the emotional ailments of her customers) and has taken a more casual approach to dating. Just as she hits it off with one of her brother-in-law's yuppie friends Vincent (Yannick Soulier) - who catches her pleasantly off-guard with his love of Cole Porter, jazz, and classic comedy - Alice also finds herself inexplicably drawn to alarm specialist Victor (Patrick Bruel, A SECRET) who offers a fresh and blunt perspective on the bourgeois dysfunctions of her family that have gone unnoticed (inspiring compassion and understanding of those who regard her as the black sheep of the family). Both men have their charms - Victor's being farther under the surface - but only one might be able to introduce her to Woody Allen in the flesh. |
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Theatrical Release: 18 July 2012 (France)
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DVD Review: Strand Releasing - Region 1 - NTSC
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for the Review!
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Runtime | 1:17:36 | |
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1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio
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Audio | French/English Dolby Digital 5.1 | |
Subtitles | English, none | |
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Release Information: Studio: Strand Releasing Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 8 |
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Strand Releasing's
dual-layer DVD features a high-bitrate, progressive, anamorphic
encode that is attractive despite some minute edge enhancement.
The Dolby Digital 5.1 track is suited to the dialogue-heavy film
with Paris background noise and music reaching the surrounds.
The optional English subtitles seem to be British in origin with
such phrases as "that takes the biscuit" (rather than cake) and
are without any noticeable errors. |
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