SummarySet during the largely unexplored period immediately after WWII, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in the shadow of unspeakable horrors. (Empire Pictures)
Directed By:Michel Deville
Written By:Robert Bober, Michel Deville, Rosalinde Deville
Almost Peaceful
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80
Modest, wise ensemble piece.
75
Unlike any other film I have seen about the Holocaust.
75
These are people who are just waking up to life again. It may appear to be the ultimate non-action ­movie, but in the context of these lives, it is the highest kind of ­drama.
70
There's something rather lovely about the mood and intentions of Michel Deville's French movie.
70
It's a quiet film, shunning melodrama and political polemic. Instead, it opts for a human touch, conveying how a group of very different survivors come to terms with the past and plan a future in their own unique ways.
70
It takes talent to make audiences care about ordinary people doing ordinary things, just as it takes guts to end a movie with something as corny as the sounds of children playing.
25
Presumably, Deville wants to show life returning to normal after WWII, but in the context of this inert movie, "normal" equals "tedious."
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Production Company:
- Eléfilm
- Canal+
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- France 3 Cinéma
- France Télévision Images 2
- Gimages 6
Release Date:Aug 20, 2004
Duration:1 h 34 m
Awards
Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
