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	'''''~~Mariées~~ ~~mais~~ ~~pas~~ ~~trop~~''''' (''~~The~~ ~~Very~~ ~~Merry~~ ~~Widows~~'') is a 2003 Franco-Belgian film directed and co-written by ].		'''''The Very Merry Widows''''' ({{langx\|fr\|'''Mariées mais pas trop'''}}) is a 2003 Franco-Belgian film directed and co-written by ].

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	The film is a black comedy. Renée (]) is a wealthy widow several times over. When her orphaned granddaughter Laurence (]) turns up looking for a place to stay, she gives the naïve young woman some instruction on marriage to the rich and terminal as a means of self-enrichment. Laurence sets her sights on the insurance agent investigating her grandmother's latest loss, Thomas (]). Renée herself, on the other hand, finds herself falling in love: with Maurice (]).<ref name=NYT>All Movie Guide, , Movies, '']'', 2010.</ref>		The film is a black comedy. Renée (]) is a wealthy widow several times over. When her orphaned granddaughter Laurence (]) turns up looking for a place to stay, she gives the naïve young woman some instruction on marriage to the rich and terminal as a means of self-enrichment. After trying a couple of local men, Laurence sets her sights on the insurance agent investigating her grandmother's latest loss, Thomas (]). Renée herself, on the other hand, finds herself falling in love: with Maurice (]).<ref name=NYT>All Movie Guide, , Movies, '']'', 2010.</ref>

	==Cast==		==Cast==
	* ]: Renée		* ] as Renée
	* ]: Laurence		* ] as Laurence
	* ]: Maurice		* ] as Maurice
	* ]: Alexis		* ] as Alexis
	* ]: Thomas		* ] as Thomas
	* ]: Jean-Daniel		* ] as Jean-Daniel
	* ]: Claudia		* ] as Claudia
	* ]: Georges		* ] as Georges

			==Reception==
			A reviewer in ] called the film "jauntily amoral" while noting that other critics had judged it "lame and distasteful".<ref>Lisa Nesselson, , '']'', 15 July 2003.</ref>

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	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

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Latest revision as of 09:02, 1 November 2024

2003 French film

The Very Merry Widows
Film poster
Directed by	Catherine Corsini
Written by	Catherine Corsini Philippe Blasband Christophe Morand
Produced by	Philippe Martin Jacques-Henri Bronckart
Starring	Jane Birkin Émilie Dequenne Pierre Richard
Cinematography	Jeanne Lapoirie
Edited by	Yannick Kergoat
Music by	Krishna Levy
Production company	Les Films Pelléas
Distributed by	Mars Distribution
Release dates	9 July 2003 (2003-07-09) (France) 20 August 2003 (2003-08-20) (Belgium)
Running time	89 minutes
Countries	France Belgium
Language	French
Budget	€3.9 million
Box office	$345,478

The Very Merry Widows (French: Mariées mais pas trop) is a 2003 Franco-Belgian film directed and co-written by Catherine Corsini.

Plot

The film is a black comedy. Renée (Jane Birkin) is a wealthy widow several times over. When her orphaned granddaughter Laurence (Émilie Dequenne) turns up looking for a place to stay, she gives the naïve young woman some instruction on marriage to the rich and terminal as a means of self-enrichment. After trying a couple of local men, Laurence sets her sights on the insurance agent investigating her grandmother's latest loss, Thomas (Jérémie Elkaïm). Renée herself, on the other hand, finds herself falling in love: with Maurice (Pierre Richard).

Cast

Jane Birkin as Renée
Émilie Dequenne as Laurence
Pierre Richard as Maurice
Clovis Cornillac as Alexis
Jérémie Elkaïm as Thomas
Laurent Grévill as Jean-Daniel
Amira Casar as Claudia
Pierre Laroche as Georges

Reception

A reviewer in Variety called the film "jauntily amoral" while noting that other critics had judged it "lame and distasteful".

References

"Mariées mais pas trop", AlloCiné, retrieved 7 April 2014 (in French)
"Mariées mais pas trop". JP's Box-Office.
"Mariees mais pas trop". Box Office Mojo.
All Movie Guide, "Mariees Mais Pas Trop (2003)", Movies, The New York Times, 2010.
Lisa Nesselson, "Review: 'The Very Merry Widows'", Variety, 15 July 2003.

External links

The Very Merry Widows at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Catherine Corsini
Replay (2001) The Very Merry Widows (2003) Leaving (2009) Three Worlds (2012) Summertime (2015) An Impossible Love (2018) The Divide (2021) Homecoming (2023)

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