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Look at Me
2004
In this savvy, sophisticated family drama, newcomer Marilou Berry puts in a storming performance as Lolita, a sad, sarcastic teenager craving a smattering of attention from her famous father, Etienne Cassard (Bacri). He's a writer, but as far as she's concerned he's self-obsessed to the point of solipsism: he thinks nothing .. Read more
| Starring | Marilou Berry, Agnès Jaoui, Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri |
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| Director | Agnès Jaoui, Agnès Jaoui, Agnes Jaoui |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Look at Me
In this savvy, sophisticated family drama, newcomer Marilou Berry puts in a storming performance as Lolita, a sad, sarcastic teenager craving a smattering of attention from her famous father, Etienne Cassard (Bacri).
He's a writer, but as far as she's concerned he's self-obsessed to the point of solipsism: he thinks nothing of leaving her outside clubs while he gets VIP treatment; fields phone calls during their lunch dates; and ignores her nascent classical singing career. Lolita suspects this treatment is a reflection of her appearance. She's not fat or overweight, but size-wise she's much bigger than the women that move in her father's glamorous circles; he even refers to her as his "big girl", a patronising term of endearment that makes her bristle.
To make matters worse, other people tend to ignore her until they discover she's the "famous Etienne Cassard's" daughter. Struggling valiantly to maintain her self-esteem in the face of such pressure, she is suspicious of most people's motives for talking to her, which as a defence mechanism is working a treat, but it may also be preventing her from forming genuine relationships.
| Starring | Marilou Berry, Agnès Jaoui, Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Laurent Grévill, Agnes Jaoui |
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| Director | Agnès Jaoui, Agnès Jaoui, Agnes Jaoui |
| Studio | PATHE DISTRIBUTION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 50 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 21 Mar 2005 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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Bittersweet, sophisticated and very talky, Look at Me is the kind of film only the French can pull off. Young music student Lolita Cassard (Marilou Berry), a voluptuous beauty who is obsessed with her weight, pines for the affection of her self-absorbed novelist father Etienne (Jean-Pierre Bacri). Director Agnès Jaoui (Le Goût des Autres) plays Lolita's singing teacher, Sylvia, who is brought into the family's orbit when her own novelist husband befriends Etienne. Another half dozen characters, each lovelorn or damaged in some way, populate the seemingly casual but deftly constructed plot, which climaxes with a huge row in a country house — as they tend to do in French films. This is a wise and elegant comedy in which the dialogue, even in subtitles, really does fizz.
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A witty, sophisticated comedy - it's a triumph.
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27 out of 28 people found this review helpful
Big fat Greek wedding with a reality check....
Remember 'my big fat greek wedding'? This starts off feeling a little like that film but you soon realise that although this features a 'large' girl with self-esteem issues, the difference is that this has real heart and will not be the sort of film that will give you a cliched tying up of all strings into a happy smiling feel-good parcel (plus it's in French!) The characters, some outwardly perfect, some clearly wishing that they could don someone else's (anyone else's) skin, bump into one another without really interacting and everyone cries out to be noticed. It is an honest and discreet portayal of speaking without listening and loving without liking. In a very European way, not a lot happens but emotionally you come a long way by the end credits.
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
A delightful and typically French film.
With top-notch direction by Agnes Jaoui and beautifully acted by the leading players especially Marilou Berry as Lolita, it is easy to feel part of this film and enjoy the relaxed and gentle exploration of relationships in middle-class Paris and rural Burgundy. Without tension or being sensational the dialogue and settings provide the drama and even if you are not particularly keen on choral work, the music provides a fabulous backdrop.
I could not help feeling that the director was making a few waves in mildly ridiculing literary folk and just for balance taxi drivers and waiters don't come out too well either.
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