The Very Merry Widows | |
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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 |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Countries | France Belgium |
Language | French |
Budget | €3.9 million [2] |
Box office | $345,478 [3] |
The Very Merry Widows ( French: Mariées mais pas trop) is a 2003 Franco-Belgian film directed and co-written by Catherine Corsini.
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). [4]
A reviewer in Variety called the film "jauntily amoral" while noting that other critics had judged it "lame and distasteful". [5]
The Very Merry Widows | |
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![]() 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 |
|
Running time | 89 minutes |
Countries | France Belgium |
Language | French |
Budget | €3.9 million [2] |
Box office | $345,478 [3] |
The Very Merry Widows ( French: Mariées mais pas trop) is a 2003 Franco-Belgian film directed and co-written by Catherine Corsini.
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). [4]
A reviewer in Variety called the film "jauntily amoral" while noting that other critics had judged it "lame and distasteful". [5]