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6.4/10
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A romantic musical story having the vibes both France and USA.A romantic musical story having the vibes both France and USA.A romantic musical story having the vibes both France and USA.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 6 nominations
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Françoise Gillard
- Les jeune filles
- (as Françoise Gillard de la Comédie Française)
André Dussollier
- Récitant du générique
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAudrey Tautou (Huguette) and Isabelle Nanty (Arlette) previously starred together in Amelie.
- SoundtracksJe l'Aime Mieux Autrement
Music by Maurice Yvain
Lyrics by André Barde
Performed by Audrey Tautou and Daniel Prévost
Featured review
Curious museum-piece for an ex-trendsetter
Like several other reviewers I was taken to the film 'cold' without knowing anything about it, and after several minutes was expecting the somewhat lacklustre tunes and stock-farce characters to tip over into something edgy and contemporary. Mais non. However is this such a bad thing? Given the French predilection for unflinching realism and tragic endings, Pas Sur La Bouche can be enjoyed as a salute to the traditions of the Comedy Francaise, an expression of nationalist (anti-Brussels?) sentiment, and as a crafted product as lovingly detailed as a reproduction Deco sideboard. One is almost expected to read afterwards that Resnais had an ironic or iconoclastic subtext in mind, but the film seems to be charmingly irony-free throughout. There are no patronising modernist jabs at the shallowness of pre-war bourgeois entertainment, and in fact the period is recreated with a warm and sentimental glow. It can be argued in fact that the play has been not so much adapted for the screen as embalmed, for there are definite longueurs, the singing voices are almost uniformly mediocre, and the lack of varied or outdoor settings does detract. All in all, a charming, civilised and unexpected entertainment from one of the self-styled intellectuals of French cinema, and a brilliant recreation of an ensemble of now-forgotten French 'types'. To get an idea of precisely how far comedy has 'advanced' in 70 years, compare with Legally Blonde or My Best Friend's Wedding and you'll see my point.
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $4,157,074
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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