Une Femme ou Deux (One Woman or Two) | |
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Directed by | Daniel Vigne |
Screenplay by | Daniel Vigne and Élisabeth Rappeneau |
Produced by | René Cleitman |
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Running time | 97 minutes [2] |
Country | France |
Language | French (English subtitles) [3] |
Budget | 30 million
French francs ($3 million) [1] |
Une Femme ou Deux (English: One Woman or Two) is a French screwball comedy romance film released in 1985. It was directed by Daniel Vigne , who was also the screenwriter along with Élisabeth Rappeneau. It stars Gérard Depardieu, Sigourney Weaver, and Dr. Ruth Westheimer. [4]
Shy paleontologist/archaeologist ( Gérard Depardieu) makes an archeological find of the fossil remains of the first, two-million-year-old, French woman, whom he calls Laura. [5] [6] [7] [8] He is approached and conned by a crass and greedy American model and Madison Avenue advertising executive ( Sigourney Weaver), masquerading as a charity organisation executive in order to use the woman for her own perfume advertising campaign. [8] [5]
Later the real charity organisation executive, ditzy rich American patroness of the sciences ( Ruth Westheimer; Dr. Ruth, in her feature film debut) turns up ... it all develops from there. [9] [10] [11] [2]
The movie is noted as a rework of the American 1938 classic screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. [12] [13]
Sigourney Weaver and Dr. Ruth speak most of their dialogue in French. [14]
The film was shot in France (much of it in Paris) and New York City. [1] [15] French paleontologist Yves Coppens advised on the film. [16]
It was released in the U.S. under the name One Woman or Two, [17] the literal English language translation of its French language title.
Chicago Sun-Times reviewer Roger Ebert wrote of this film in a half star review, "Add it all up, and what you've got here is a waste of good electricity. I'm not talking about the electricity between the actors. I'm talking about the current to the projector." [17] In 2005 he included it on his most-hated films list. [18]
Richard Harrington writing for The Washington Post said: "it's funny enough, and genial in the way French comedy tends to be." [5]
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, writing for Spirituality & Practice, rated it 3 out of 5, saying the film "abounds in zany situations" and "offers plenty of chuckles." [19]
Une Femme ou Deux (One Woman or Two) | |
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Directed by | Daniel Vigne |
Screenplay by | Daniel Vigne and Élisabeth Rappeneau |
Produced by | René Cleitman |
Starring | |
Music by |
|
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes [2] |
Country | France |
Language | French (English subtitles) [3] |
Budget | 30 million
French francs ($3 million) [1] |
Une Femme ou Deux (English: One Woman or Two) is a French screwball comedy romance film released in 1985. It was directed by Daniel Vigne , who was also the screenwriter along with Élisabeth Rappeneau. It stars Gérard Depardieu, Sigourney Weaver, and Dr. Ruth Westheimer. [4]
Shy paleontologist/archaeologist ( Gérard Depardieu) makes an archeological find of the fossil remains of the first, two-million-year-old, French woman, whom he calls Laura. [5] [6] [7] [8] He is approached and conned by a crass and greedy American model and Madison Avenue advertising executive ( Sigourney Weaver), masquerading as a charity organisation executive in order to use the woman for her own perfume advertising campaign. [8] [5]
Later the real charity organisation executive, ditzy rich American patroness of the sciences ( Ruth Westheimer; Dr. Ruth, in her feature film debut) turns up ... it all develops from there. [9] [10] [11] [2]
The movie is noted as a rework of the American 1938 classic screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. [12] [13]
Sigourney Weaver and Dr. Ruth speak most of their dialogue in French. [14]
The film was shot in France (much of it in Paris) and New York City. [1] [15] French paleontologist Yves Coppens advised on the film. [16]
It was released in the U.S. under the name One Woman or Two, [17] the literal English language translation of its French language title.
Chicago Sun-Times reviewer Roger Ebert wrote of this film in a half star review, "Add it all up, and what you've got here is a waste of good electricity. I'm not talking about the electricity between the actors. I'm talking about the current to the projector." [17] In 2005 he included it on his most-hated films list. [18]
Richard Harrington writing for The Washington Post said: "it's funny enough, and genial in the way French comedy tends to be." [5]
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, writing for Spirituality & Practice, rated it 3 out of 5, saying the film "abounds in zany situations" and "offers plenty of chuckles." [19]