SummaryRoméo and Juliette are two young actors. They fall in love at first sight, move in together and make a baby. A love story and the founding of a home like millions of others. Except that their little boy, Adam, behaves abnormally. The young parents try hard to persuade themselves that everything is okay but, with the passing of time, they cannot d... Read More
Directed By:Valérie Donzelli
Written By:Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm
Declaration of War
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
86% Positive
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Jan 25, 2012
91
Sprinting through hospital rooms, parties, sterile corridors, and grayish courtyards, Declaration Of War salutes its characters' capacity to step up and meet life's harshest unexpected demands.
Feb 2, 2012
88
Valérie Donzelli's Declaration of War deals with issues that may scare audiences away. Don't let it.
Jan 24, 2012
80
Shot in the actual hospital where Donzelli and Elkaïm's actual son was treated for cancer, Declaration of War turns autobiography into thrilling expressionist art.
Jan 27, 2012
75
France's Declaration of War has it all: comedy, romance, fantasy, musical interludes and a child with a brain tumor. Wait - what?
Feb 2, 2012
70
Declaration of War is about being under siege from illness, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. This modern-day Juliette and Romeo find their own tragedy, but are not poisoned by it.
Jan 22, 2012
63
The surest sign that a filmmaker recognizes the insularity of his or her project is the presence of perfunctory attempts to hint at a wider political context.
Feb 16, 2012
50
As ponderous and overwrought as a film hogged by a couple of young hipsters named Roméo and Juliette can be.
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Production Company:
- Rectangle Productions
- Wild Bunch
- Canal+
- Ciné+
- Cofinova 7
- Uni Étoile 8
- Arte / Cofinova 6
- La Région Île-de-France
Release Date:Jan 27, 2012
Duration:1 h 40 m
Tagline:A couple, Romeo and Juliet. A child, Adam. A fight, the disease. And above all, a great love story, theirs...
Awards
César Awards, France
• 6 Nominations
Gijón International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Paris Cinema
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
