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Marilou Berry, Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Laurent Grevill, Virginie Desarnauts ... see more see more... , Keine Bouhiza , Gregoire Oestermann , Serge Riaboukine , Michèle Moretti , Yves Verhoeven , Samir Guesmi , Olivier Doran , Didier Brice , Dimitri Rataud , Bernard Blancan , Julien Baumgartner , Jean-Pierre Lazzerini , Olivier Claverie , Guillaume Huet , Jacques Boko , Bob Zaremba , Roberta Kiehl , Joan-Baptiste Blanc , Emma Beziaud , Zelie Berger , Camille Dereux , Henri Boyer , Olivia Lancelot , Elodie Clairin , Sebastien Andrieu , Marie Sarrasin , Antonia Cornil-Navarro , Philippe Tran , Erick Desmarestz , Catherine Morin , Alain Debruyne

A talented woman struggles to get out from under the shadow of her father in this comedy. Lolita (Marilou Berry) is the 20-year-old daughter of Étienne Cassard (Jean-Pierre Bacri), a wealthy and well-... read more read more...known editor and writer, and most of the people she meets seem to be more interested in her dad than in her; her zaftig figure doesn't help her self-esteem much, either. Lolita is a gifted singer and has been studying with a voice coach, Sylvia (Agnès Jaoui); however, as it turns out, Sylvia has a husband, Pierre (Laurent Grévill), who is a novelist and hopes that Cassard might be willing to help him get his new book into print and onto bookstore shelves. The great writer seems to take a cavalier attitude toward nearly everyone around him, though, including his wife, Karine (Virginie Desarnauts). Lolita strikes up a friendship with a young man named Sebastien (Keine Bouhiza) which seems to be leading to romance, but when Lolita learns that Sebastien wants to become a writer, she finds herself wondering if he really wants her, or just an introduction to her dad. Jaoui, who plays Sylvia, also directed Comme une Image (aka Look at Me) and co-wrote the screenplay. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 51 min.

Directed by: Agnès Jaoui, Agne Jaoui

Release Date: April 1, 2005

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DVD Release Date: August 9, 2005

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Flixster Reviews (197)

  • bookmunki
    April 17, 2009
    bookmunki
    considering this script was a winner at the 2004 Cannes film festival, my expectations for this 'comedy' were much higher than this film's execution. finely acted, wonderfully self-absorbed characters, good script, but something was lost in the translation.
  • pier007
    August 31, 2007
    pier007
    Exposes human relations they way they sadly happen to be. an impressive, mature, bitter and thought-provoking drama.
  • juliryan
    August 6, 2011
    juliryan
    This is about a girl's relationship with her father, who is a famous and wealthy writer. Lolita can't get her father's attention, since he is too self-absorbed to notice her. Most people in her life seem to use Lolita to find a way to meet her father. Her self-esteem is eroded fu... read morerther by being a bit overweight and her beautiful young stepmother. This movie shows human relationships as they are.
  • SunilJawahir
    March 25, 2009
    SunilJawahir
    Sad movie about a girl and her father. Well done.
  • sleepykiss
    March 18, 2011
    sleepykiss
    This is the tale of 4 unlikable narcissists that should get over themselves. Since almost everyone here in the US believes they are talented geniuses waiting to be discovered or they are going to be the next American Idol & become billionaires, I found this film to be pertinent.
  • bringpopcorn
    April 10, 2009
    bringpopcorn
    I like the subtle interaction between the characters in this film. It is about how self-centrism hurts others.
  • mrsmackdown619
    March 5, 2007
    mrsmackdown619
    An insecure daughter. An egotistical father. A choir teacher who only likes the insecure daughter because her father is the egotistical man which is her favorite author. Better combination?
  • lucysun
    June 18, 2006
    lucysun
    Unlikeable characters squash each other and themselves. Ask yourself: am I this annoying? Overall, a charming movie.

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Richard Nilsen
May 26, 2005
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic

The pleasure of the film, as in many French films from Renoir to Rohmer, is in the exactitude of observation, the accuracy of the portrait and the elegance of the writing. Full Review

Anthony Lane
May 21, 2005
Anthony Lane, New Yorker

Both an implicit protest against the blindness of power and an equally fervent protest against the acquiescence of men and women who are too weak or too compromised to stand up for themselves -- that ...

Roger Moore
May 13, 2005
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

At best, a most watchable character study of lives that are more interesting than compelling. Full Review

Ann Hornaday
April 29, 2005
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

Jaoui sets her wryly observant sights on family, artistic ambition and the tyranny of physical appearance, and the result is a bright, briskly moving film whose modest scale belies the universality of... Full Review

Bruce Westbrook
April 29, 2005
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle

An overrated mound of misery. Full Review

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
April 28, 2005
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The self-involved characters in this emotionally smart, beautifully acted and uncommonly insightful film help us look at ourselves. Full Review

Chris Vognar
April 28, 2005
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News

This is the kind of fluid, balanced comedy-drama that Woody Allen wishes he could still make. Full Review

Desson Thomson
April 28, 2005
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

The characters exude moral three-dimensionality; they're not built to behave or please us. They're not bound by that inflexible Hollywood contract to modify their lives and morals just in time for the... Full Review

Carrie Rickey
April 28, 2005
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

It's a marvel that reverberates long after we leave the theater.

Stephen Whitty
April 22, 2005
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

...smart and sometimes bittersweet... Full Review

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