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| Directed by | Catherine Corsini |
| Screenplay by | Philippe Blasband Christophe Morand Catherine Corsini |
| Produced by | Philippe Martin |
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| Music by | Krishna Levy |
| Production company | Les Films Pelléas |
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| Running time | 89 minutes |
| Countries | France, Belgium |
| Language | French |
Mariées mais pas trop (The Very Merry Widows) 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: Renée
- Émilie Dequenne: Laurence
- Pierre Richard: Maurice
- Clovis Cornillac: Alexis
- Jérémie Elkaïm: Thomas
- Laurent Grévill: Jean-Daniel
- Amira Casar: Claudia
- Pierre Laroche: 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 Template:Fr icon
- 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.