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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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9 out of 10 people found this review helpful
A thought look at the problems of fame
This film is for those who appreciate the style of French films that say everything and do very little. It portrays the effects of fame on famous personality’s partners and children, and the painful changes that occur during the transition from obscurity to fame. I found all the principal actors very good, and the “show don’t tell” approach prevents the long soul searching dialogues that can occur in such films.
The problems of the plain plump daughter Lolita who is painfully aware of her lack of attraction and who has low personal esteem feeling people only use her as a means of access to her famous novelist father are extremely well portrayed by Marilou Berry and the careful choice of viewpoints in the filming.
For those who like a thoughtful film that allows you to get inside the characters. -
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