À la folie... pas du tout (2002)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Laetitia Colombani

Writers:

Laetitia Colombani (writer)
Caroline Thivel (writer)

Release Date:

27 March 2002 (France)

Genre:

Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Every love story has two sides.

Plot:

Angelique, a young student, is in love with a married doctor. We see her attempts to make him leave his pregnant wife...

Plot Keywords:

Unfaithfulness | False Accusation | Bordeaux France | Artist | Self Destructiveness

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Audrey Tautou	...	Angélique
Samuel Le Bihan	...	Loïc
Isabelle Carré	...	Rachel
Clément Sibony	...	David
Sophie Guillemin	...	Héloïse
Eric Savin	...	Julien
Michèle Garay	...	Claire Belmont
Élodie Navarre	...	Anita
Catherine Cyler	...	Jeanne
Mathilde Blache	...	Léa
Charles Chevalier	...	Arthur
Michael Mourot	...	Jean-Louis, le kiné
Yannick Alnet	...	Jean Timbault
Nathalie Krebs	...	Sonia Jasmin
Sophie Vaslot	...	Mme Dubois-Rollin

Also Known As:

He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and some obsessive behavior.

Runtime:

92 min | UK:95 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Denmark:A | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Bordeaux, Gironde, France

Company:

Cofimage 12

Movie Connections:

References A Beautiful Mind (2001)

Soundtrack:

Tango de la pasion

Interesting Film, Superb Actress

Audrey Tautou is in my opinion the greatest rising star of the French cinema. Coming from a tradition that does not lack great actors, beautiful divas, living legends, and huge comedians, Audrey seems to bring together talent and beauty, huge interior and exterior beauty. Some compared her with the other Audrey - Hepburn, but in my opinion the French star talent exceeds by light-years the one of the American.

'A la folie...' is an intersting film by itself. An aparent tragic love story is being told from one of the partners angle in the first half of the movie - just to be re-told from the other partner perspective in the second part. The second half and the end hide a twist. Both script and film are cleverly written though made by a script-writer and director (laetitiae Constantini) only at her second film. I am expecting good things from her in the future.

Worth seeing - 8/10 on my personal scale.