Directed by:
Eleanor CoppolaScreenplay:
Eleanor CoppolaCinematography:
Crystel FournierComposer:
Laura KarpmanCast:
Diane Lane, Alec Baldwin, Arnaud Viard, Cédric Monnet, Elise Tielrooy, Élodie Navarre, Aurore Clément, Eleanor Lambert, Linda Gegusch, Eugène Marcuse (more)VOD (1)
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"I can't remember the last time Michael and I played hooky," says Anne (Diane Lane). "Everyone has to have a wife to be happy," says Jacques (Arnaud Viard). In Eleanor Coppola's effervescent narrative feature debut, Anne is playing hooky, but with Jacques, not her movie producer husband Michael (Alec Baldwin), on a road trip through France from Cannes to Paris. Bachelor Jacques' seemingly innocent offer of a ride evolves into a full-press charm offensive as he tries to woo the woman he nicknames Brûlée with roses, side excursions, and every kind of gastronomical indulgence, alternately amusing and vexing her. Lane is luminous and Viard playfully rakish. Together they are a delight in this breezy comedy that celebrates transitory romance and the glories of France. Gorgeously lensed, Coppola's delicious first feature will have you packing your bags for your own Provence idyll. Or at least booking a table at your favorite French restaurant. (Mill Valley Film Festival)
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On the one hand, it feels like a fine conversational romance, but on the other, I was thinking that I hope they get to Paris as soon as possible, because I was definitely not blown away by the film. It's as if Eleanor Coppola fell in love with Woody Allen and wanted to make something in his spirit. She did, but it really is only in spirit. ()