Josiane Balasko and Didier Bourdon are the lead characters of this comedy directed by Alexandra Leclère based on a screenplay written by Alexandra Leclère.
This is a really funny comedy in which love is put to the test… for money.
A simple comedy, which is very funny and has that “French” touch that is so comical that we love.
Searching for a good time this week-end? Look no further than “Price of Parenting” for the perfectly funny formula.
Storyline
Some parents who never get any visits from their busy offspring decide, in order to win them over, to fake winning the lottery.
About the Movie
Funny, no more nor less, but with that very French touch that knows how to make a family comedy that is truly funny.
Intelligent lines in this social comedy that has four very inspired actors delighting in comedy which at some times is a little less elegant but equally funny.
This is a really funny comedy in which love is put to the test… for money.
A simple comedy, which is very funny and has that “French” touch that is so comical that we love.
Searching for a good time this week-end? Look no further than “Price of Parenting” for the perfectly funny formula.
Storyline
Some parents who never get any visits from their busy offspring decide, in order to win them over, to fake winning the lottery.
About the Movie
Funny, no more nor less, but with that very French touch that knows how to make a family comedy that is truly funny.
Intelligent lines in this social comedy that has four very inspired actors delighting in comedy which at some times is a little less elegant but equally funny.
- 1/28/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Exclusive: Sony Pictures International Productions has acquired global remake rights to Price Of Parenting (Mes très chers enfants), the upcoming French comedy directed by Alexandra Leclère, whose credits include the French box office hits The Price To Pay and The Roommates Party.
Pic stars Josiane Balasko, Didier Bourdon and Marilou Berry. Story is as follows: When Chantal and Christian’s grown children finally break away from the nest, the lonely parents are outraged to be neglected and forgotten, until they come up with a wacky scheme to get Sandrine and Stephane interested in them again: pretend they’ve won the lottery.
Olivier Kahn produced through Les Films du 24, which is a subsidiary of Ugc.
TF1 Studio struck the deal with Sony. Ugc Distribution will release in France on December 15.
Pic stars Josiane Balasko, Didier Bourdon and Marilou Berry. Story is as follows: When Chantal and Christian’s grown children finally break away from the nest, the lonely parents are outraged to be neglected and forgotten, until they come up with a wacky scheme to get Sandrine and Stephane interested in them again: pretend they’ve won the lottery.
Olivier Kahn produced through Les Films du 24, which is a subsidiary of Ugc.
TF1 Studio struck the deal with Sony. Ugc Distribution will release in France on December 15.
- 7/21/2021
- by Tom Grater and Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
TF1 Studio has unveiled a raft of major pre-sales on “Superwho,” an action-packed comedy directed by Philippe Lacheau, in the run up to the Pre-Cannes Screenings, where the film will have its virtual world premiere on June 23.
Lacheau, who stars in his movie, is behind some of France’s biggest comedy hits in recent history, including the “Babysitting” franchise, “Alibi.com,” “City Hunter,” “All Gone South,” as well as Amazon’s French adaptation of “Lol.”
Tfi Studio has closed about 100 territories since introducing the project to buyers at the EFM, including Germany (Splendid), Japan (New Select), Latin America (Bf Distribution), South Korea (Activers), Benelux (Alternative Films), Switzerland (Pathé), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Cei (Exponenta), Portugal (Lusomundo), Poland (Monolith), Southeast Europe (Prorom), Middle East & North Africa (Nstars) and Vietnam (Viettel Media Company).
Lacheau headlines the film along with his regular co-stars, Tarek Boudali, the actor-director of “30 Days Max,” Julien Arruti and Elodie Fontan. Chantal Ladesou...
Lacheau, who stars in his movie, is behind some of France’s biggest comedy hits in recent history, including the “Babysitting” franchise, “Alibi.com,” “City Hunter,” “All Gone South,” as well as Amazon’s French adaptation of “Lol.”
Tfi Studio has closed about 100 territories since introducing the project to buyers at the EFM, including Germany (Splendid), Japan (New Select), Latin America (Bf Distribution), South Korea (Activers), Benelux (Alternative Films), Switzerland (Pathé), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Cei (Exponenta), Portugal (Lusomundo), Poland (Monolith), Southeast Europe (Prorom), Middle East & North Africa (Nstars) and Vietnam (Viettel Media Company).
Lacheau headlines the film along with his regular co-stars, Tarek Boudali, the actor-director of “30 Days Max,” Julien Arruti and Elodie Fontan. Chantal Ladesou...
- 6/18/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Title: Queens of the Ring (Aka Wrestling Queens) Image Entertainment Director: Jean-Marc Rudnicki Writers: Manon Dillys, Hélène Le Gall, Marie Pavlenko, Cast: Marilou Berry, Nathalie Baye, André Dussollier, Audrey Fleurot, Cm Punk, The Miz, Eve Torres Running time: 97 min, Not Rated (partial nudity, sensuality & language) Special Features: English dub track, Featurette Available on DVD & Digital Download November 11th In a desperate attempt to reconnect with her estranged son who is a passionate WWE fan, Rose (Berry) grabs his attention by joining a rigorous training program to learn to wrestle like a legitimate WWE Diva. The famed wrestler Richard “The Lionheart” (André Dussollier) runs a gym where Rose [ Read More ]
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- 11/12/2014
- by juliana
- ShockYa
PARIS -- Jason Reitman's Juno secured the grand prize at the 11th Alpe d'Huez Comedy Festival, which wrapped in the Gallic ski town Sunday night.
A jury presided by Gallic actor and funnyman Fabrice Luchini and featuring thesps Gilles Lellouche, Thierry Fremont and Julie Ferrier, gave its special jury prize to Dany Boon's cultural differences comedy Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis about a postal worker.
The event's "Young Jury" headed by actress Marilou Berri and composed of film students, also bestowed its top prize on Ch'tis.
Pascale Arbillot nabbed the best actor award for his role in Lea Fazer's couples comedy What if...
U.S. actor Robert Davi was given the Prix Coup de Coeur for his first turn in the director's chair The Dukes.
The six-day event, the only such comedy festival in France, closed with Fabien Onteniente's Disco starring Gerard Depardieu, Emmanuelle Beart and Franck Dubosc.
A jury presided by Gallic actor and funnyman Fabrice Luchini and featuring thesps Gilles Lellouche, Thierry Fremont and Julie Ferrier, gave its special jury prize to Dany Boon's cultural differences comedy Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis about a postal worker.
The event's "Young Jury" headed by actress Marilou Berri and composed of film students, also bestowed its top prize on Ch'tis.
Pascale Arbillot nabbed the best actor award for his role in Lea Fazer's couples comedy What if...
U.S. actor Robert Davi was given the Prix Coup de Coeur for his first turn in the director's chair The Dukes.
The six-day event, the only such comedy festival in France, closed with Fabien Onteniente's Disco starring Gerard Depardieu, Emmanuelle Beart and Franck Dubosc.
- 1/22/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A pleasant enough but slight coming-of-age comedy set in a French summer camp, Those Happy Days (Ces jours heureux) is very much a Gallic Meatballs minus Bill Murray.
Selected as this year's City of Lights, City of Angels closer, this world premiere is a feature-length version of a 2002 short by the writing-directing team of Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, a sunny reminiscence filtered through the 35-year-old eyes of Vincent (Jean-Paul Rouve), who, a decade earlier, had worked his way up through a summer camp situated in the southwest of France to become its director.
Vincent quickly discovers that his 10 counselors can be just as much work as his 80 kids, what with their own behavioral issues and awkward romances.
While the humor is genially inoffensive, it would have been nice if Nakache and Toledano had created a few characters that went beyond summer stock. Instead, we get the usual overweight/precocious/medicated/nerdy mix among campers and counselors alike.
The notable exception is the always impressive Marilou Berry (Look at Me) as the camp's resident earth mother, who manages to imbue her particular cardboard cutout with some palpable three-dimensional life.
Although the film ostensibly is set in the mid-'90s, the soundtrack is heavy on '70s-style pop and funk, which might have made for a culturally more intriguing setting.
Then again, Meatballs has already been there and done that.
Selected as this year's City of Lights, City of Angels closer, this world premiere is a feature-length version of a 2002 short by the writing-directing team of Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, a sunny reminiscence filtered through the 35-year-old eyes of Vincent (Jean-Paul Rouve), who, a decade earlier, had worked his way up through a summer camp situated in the southwest of France to become its director.
Vincent quickly discovers that his 10 counselors can be just as much work as his 80 kids, what with their own behavioral issues and awkward romances.
While the humor is genially inoffensive, it would have been nice if Nakache and Toledano had created a few characters that went beyond summer stock. Instead, we get the usual overweight/precocious/medicated/nerdy mix among campers and counselors alike.
The notable exception is the always impressive Marilou Berry (Look at Me) as the camp's resident earth mother, who manages to imbue her particular cardboard cutout with some palpable three-dimensional life.
Although the film ostensibly is set in the mid-'90s, the soundtrack is heavy on '70s-style pop and funk, which might have made for a culturally more intriguing setting.
Then again, Meatballs has already been there and done that.
CANNES -- Agnes Jaoui's "Comme une image" (Look at Me) is a film about people so caught up in themselves that they have a hard time relating to the people around them. The film was written by Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, both of whom play major roles, so this is very much an actor's film. Their drama relies heavily on dialogue and the nuances each cast member brings to his or her part. In her second feature as a director, Jaoui has crafted an appealing character study that should ensure playdates here in France and throughout Europe.
The central figure is Lolita (Marilou Berry), a young woman very self-conscious about a body that doesn't look like the thin women she sees in advertisements on TV and in magazines. She puts considerable energy into singing lessons and into trying to gain her father's attention. Lots of luck -- for her dad, Etienne (Bacri), a successful author and publisher, is about as self-absorbed as they come. He lives with his second wife, Karine (Virginie Desarnauts), a young and beautiful woman whose presence only increases Lolita's insecurity.
Lolita's singing teacher, Sylvia (Jaoui), is also married to a writer, Pierre (Laurent Grevill), who is plagued by self-doubts. But Etienne admires Pierre's writing enough to arrange for the couples to meet, and soon Sylvia and Pierre are a part of Etienne's circle of friends.
At the heart of the drama is the question of image. Lolita worries about her body size, a concern only reinforced by her dad's habit of calling her "my big girl." The writers worry about how they come across in public and how others respond to their work, while the women worry about being overlooked, even taken for granted. Everyone is so inwardly focused that he or she fails to heed the emotional needs of others close to them.
The movie is set in the familiar microcosm of Paris bourgeois society so that Jaoui and Bacri can examine the ebb and flow of power among the couples and between father and daughter. While this is not new territory, the observations are sharp, the acting is superb, and the dialogue is rich with irony and biting subtext.
Comme une Image
Les Films A4 presents
Credits:
Director: Agnes Jaoui
Screenwriters: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnes Jaoui
Producers: Jean-Philippe Andraca, Christian Berard
Director of photography: Stephane Fontaine
Editor: Francois Gedigier
Cast:
Lolita: Marilou Berry
Etienne: Jean-Pierre Bacri
Karine: Virginie Desarnauts
Sylvia: Agnes Jaoui
Pierre: Laurent Grevill
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 110 minutes...
The central figure is Lolita (Marilou Berry), a young woman very self-conscious about a body that doesn't look like the thin women she sees in advertisements on TV and in magazines. She puts considerable energy into singing lessons and into trying to gain her father's attention. Lots of luck -- for her dad, Etienne (Bacri), a successful author and publisher, is about as self-absorbed as they come. He lives with his second wife, Karine (Virginie Desarnauts), a young and beautiful woman whose presence only increases Lolita's insecurity.
Lolita's singing teacher, Sylvia (Jaoui), is also married to a writer, Pierre (Laurent Grevill), who is plagued by self-doubts. But Etienne admires Pierre's writing enough to arrange for the couples to meet, and soon Sylvia and Pierre are a part of Etienne's circle of friends.
At the heart of the drama is the question of image. Lolita worries about her body size, a concern only reinforced by her dad's habit of calling her "my big girl." The writers worry about how they come across in public and how others respond to their work, while the women worry about being overlooked, even taken for granted. Everyone is so inwardly focused that he or she fails to heed the emotional needs of others close to them.
The movie is set in the familiar microcosm of Paris bourgeois society so that Jaoui and Bacri can examine the ebb and flow of power among the couples and between father and daughter. While this is not new territory, the observations are sharp, the acting is superb, and the dialogue is rich with irony and biting subtext.
Comme une Image
Les Films A4 presents
Credits:
Director: Agnes Jaoui
Screenwriters: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnes Jaoui
Producers: Jean-Philippe Andraca, Christian Berard
Director of photography: Stephane Fontaine
Editor: Francois Gedigier
Cast:
Lolita: Marilou Berry
Etienne: Jean-Pierre Bacri
Karine: Virginie Desarnauts
Sylvia: Agnes Jaoui
Pierre: Laurent Grevill
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 110 minutes...
CANNES -- Agnes Jaoui's "Comme une image" (Look at Me) is a film about people so caught up in themselves that they have a hard time relating to the people around them. The film was written by Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, both of whom play major roles, so this is very much an actor's film. Their drama relies heavily on dialogue and the nuances each cast member brings to his or her part. In her second feature as a director, Jaoui has crafted an appealing character study that should ensure playdates here in France and throughout Europe.
The central figure is Lolita (Marilou Berry), a young woman very self-conscious about a body that doesn't look like the thin women she sees in advertisements on TV and in magazines. She puts considerable energy into singing lessons and into trying to gain her father's attention. Lots of luck -- for her dad, Etienne (Bacri), a successful author and publisher, is about as self-absorbed as they come. He lives with his second wife, Karine (Virginie Desarnauts), a young and beautiful woman whose presence only increases Lolita's insecurity.
Lolita's singing teacher, Sylvia (Jaoui), is also married to a writer, Pierre (Laurent Grevill), who is plagued by self-doubts. But Etienne admires Pierre's writing enough to arrange for the couples to meet, and soon Sylvia and Pierre are a part of Etienne's circle of friends.
At the heart of the drama is the question of image. Lolita worries about her body size, a concern only reinforced by her dad's habit of calling her "my big girl." The writers worry about how they come across in public and how others respond to their work, while the women worry about being overlooked, even taken for granted. Everyone is so inwardly focused that he or she fails to heed the emotional needs of others close to them.
The movie is set in the familiar microcosm of Paris bourgeois society so that Jaoui and Bacri can examine the ebb and flow of power among the couples and between father and daughter. While this is not new territory, the observations are sharp, the acting is superb, and the dialogue is rich with irony and biting subtext.
Comme une Image
Les Films A4 presents
Credits:
Director: Agnes Jaoui
Screenwriters: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnes Jaoui
Producers: Jean-Philippe Andraca, Christian Berard
Director of photography: Stephane Fontaine
Editor: Francois Gedigier
Cast:
Lolita: Marilou Berry
Etienne: Jean-Pierre Bacri
Karine: Virginie Desarnauts
Sylvia: Agnes Jaoui
Pierre: Laurent Grevill
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 110 minutes...
The central figure is Lolita (Marilou Berry), a young woman very self-conscious about a body that doesn't look like the thin women she sees in advertisements on TV and in magazines. She puts considerable energy into singing lessons and into trying to gain her father's attention. Lots of luck -- for her dad, Etienne (Bacri), a successful author and publisher, is about as self-absorbed as they come. He lives with his second wife, Karine (Virginie Desarnauts), a young and beautiful woman whose presence only increases Lolita's insecurity.
Lolita's singing teacher, Sylvia (Jaoui), is also married to a writer, Pierre (Laurent Grevill), who is plagued by self-doubts. But Etienne admires Pierre's writing enough to arrange for the couples to meet, and soon Sylvia and Pierre are a part of Etienne's circle of friends.
At the heart of the drama is the question of image. Lolita worries about her body size, a concern only reinforced by her dad's habit of calling her "my big girl." The writers worry about how they come across in public and how others respond to their work, while the women worry about being overlooked, even taken for granted. Everyone is so inwardly focused that he or she fails to heed the emotional needs of others close to them.
The movie is set in the familiar microcosm of Paris bourgeois society so that Jaoui and Bacri can examine the ebb and flow of power among the couples and between father and daughter. While this is not new territory, the observations are sharp, the acting is superb, and the dialogue is rich with irony and biting subtext.
Comme une Image
Les Films A4 presents
Credits:
Director: Agnes Jaoui
Screenwriters: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnes Jaoui
Producers: Jean-Philippe Andraca, Christian Berard
Director of photography: Stephane Fontaine
Editor: Francois Gedigier
Cast:
Lolita: Marilou Berry
Etienne: Jean-Pierre Bacri
Karine: Virginie Desarnauts
Sylvia: Agnes Jaoui
Pierre: Laurent Grevill
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 110 minutes...
- 5/17/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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