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Odette Toulemonde

  • 20062006
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  • 1h 40m
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6.3/10
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Catherine Frot in Odette Toulemonde (2006)
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Odette dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite writer, for the optimism which she believes emanates from him. The wealthy and seductive writer is going to land in her life in a tot... Read allOdette dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite writer, for the optimism which she believes emanates from him. The wealthy and seductive writer is going to land in her life in a totally unexpected way. The story of a meeting between two unusual castaways who have nothing... Read allOdette dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite writer, for the optimism which she believes emanates from him. The wealthy and seductive writer is going to land in her life in a totally unexpected way. The story of a meeting between two unusual castaways who have nothing in common...
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    • Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
    • Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
  • Stars
    • Catherine Frot
    • Albert Dupontel
    • Jacques Weber
    • Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
    • Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
  • Stars
    • Catherine Frot
    • Albert Dupontel
    • Jacques Weber
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    • 14User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    Catherine Frot
    Catherine Frot
    • Odette Toulemonde
    Albert Dupontel
    Albert Dupontel
    • Balthazar Balsan
    Jacques Weber
    Jacques Weber
    • Olaf Pims
    Alain Doutey
    Alain Doutey
    • L'éditeur
    Camille Japy
    • Nadine
    Fabrice Murgia
    • Rudy
    Nina Drecq
    • Sue Helen
    Jacqueline Bir
    • La dame sèche
    Laurence d'Amelio
    • Isabelle Balsan
    Julien Frison
    • François
    Erik Burke
    • Filip
    Aïssatou Diop
    • Florence
    Nicolas Buysse
    Nicolas Buysse
    • Polo
    Bruno Metzger
    • Jésus
    Cindy Besson
    • La cliente battue
    Philippe Gouders
    • M. Dargent
    Michel Kacenelenbogen
    • Le responsable librairie
    Sandrine Laroche
    • Sylvie
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      • Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
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      Les Mots d'Amour
      Music by Virgilio Ranzato

      Lyrics by Henri Varna and Pierre-Paul Fournier

      Performed by Josephine Baker

    User reviews14

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    5/10
    All about Catherine Frot
    Catherine Frot is a sweet-faced, sprightly French actress who looks a decade younger than her 52 years. She's also sexy in her inimitable way, and she's always watchable and versatile (she often plays confused, if not ditzy, characters, but she can turn on the drama too; see The Page Turner).

    Frot has a tendency to carry any film she's in. She's one of those few actors who just lights up the screen. Alas, when the camera's not on her, borderline 'good' films like this one suddenly lose a great deal of appeal. In short, if Frot weren't in this film, I'm not sure how redeemable it would be.

    Frot plays Odette Toulemonde (loose translation: 'Odette Everyone/Everywhere'), a cheerful, unworldly, dreamy sales clerk who loves the sappy books of author Balthazar Balsan (Albert Dupontel, who in real life is 10 years younger than Frot). Odette writes Balthazar a letter that, in her simple way, is profound, and inspires the writer, a sophisticated, womanizing Parisian who quotes Proust, to uproot himself and suddenly appear at Odette's house in a small Belgian town. This internationally famous writer begs to stay with her. This is all highly implausible of course, but 'Odette' is a fantasy film more than anything else, so plausibility is a non-issue.

    This has been called 'a feel-good' film. That might be true, but it also strains credulity to make us feel 'good'. Noticeably, after a promising first half, it begins to bog down in the second, showing its deficiencies by becoming frequently boring and clichéd (e.g. the all-too-familiar sullen, alienated daughter and the upbeat gay son). The film doesn't quite know where its focus is supposed to be. But if you're an incurable romantic, you might well overlook its flaws and love it. For me, it was worth watching just to see Catherine Frot scale the heights and conquer once more.
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    • Sep 29, 2008

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      • February 7, 2007 (Belgium)
      • France
      • Belgium
      • Pathé (France)
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      • Belgium
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      • Bel Ombre Films
      • Antigone Cinéma
      • Pathé Renn Productions
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
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