Finally a widow
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Finally a widow |
| Original title | Enfin veuve |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Isabelle Mergault |
| script |
Isabelle Mergault , Jean-Pierre Hasson |
| production | Jean-Louis Livi |
| camera | Philippe Pavans de Ceccattyau |
| cut | Veronique Parnet |
| occupation | |
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Endlich Witwe (original title Enfin veuve ) is a French comedy from 2007 , the film opened in Germany in early 2009 . Isabelle Mergault directed and wrote the script together with Jean-Pierre Hasson .
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Anne-Marie Gratigny had an unhappy marriage to the successful cosmetic surgeon Gilbert Gratigny. In terms of material he can offer her everything in addition to the villa with a sea view, but she no longer finds him attractive while he is only annoyed by her.
The only bright spots for Anne-Marie are her jogging on the beach, singing loudly, and hours with her lover Léo Labaume. The two have been in a relationship for two years. Anne-Marie plays with the idea of separating from her husband, but ultimately does not have the courage to do so.
Gilbert's sudden death in a car accident makes her more relieved than mourning her husband. Léo plans to start over with her in Hong Kong, where he has been offered a job as a boat builder.
Unfortunately, before this happy ending for the two of them, Gilbert's funeral, including a visit to the relatives and son, who move into the villa without further ado and threaten to overwhelm Anne-Marie with her care. A challenge for her, as she now has to act as the grieving widow and keep her affair a secret.
As she struggles through the funeral with a fit of laughter, after the redeeming death of her husband, she is now even more trapped in the middle of the family than before and finally learns that it is worth standing by one's true feelings.
Reviews
"After your sensational success" You are a beautiful man! " French director Isabelle Mergault was also able to score points with domestic audiences with her second comedy. Less subtle than silly, she describes the confusion of lies and deceit, desire and regret. Nevertheless, the tone is right, the bizarre staff and the ensemble's performance are convincing and the comedy gets to the point. "
"The French comedy by director Isabelle Mergault not only strains the patience of the audience, but also the odd joke or two, which at most can induce a smile."
“Under all the humor - which is sometimes reminiscent of Woody Allen - there [...] always shimmers a certain seriousness, which illuminates controversial social problems in an ironic, sometimes sarcastic way. But that only becomes clear to you after you have gone to the cinema, because during the ninety minutes in the cinema you give yourself to this comedy without having deep thoughts. [...] Therein lies the only weak point of Endlich Widow , because the humor sometimes gets a bit out of hand, and there is hardly any dialogue in this film that is not aimed at becoming a laughing stock. [...] Nevertheless, Widow is convincing in its entirety and lives from the French charm of life, which is wonderfully presented especially by the lover Léo [...] It is also the bizarre supporting roles that give the comedy a humorous depth. [...] It is obvious that there is actually nothing to laugh about with these diseases. You do it anyway, and even without a guilty conscience! "
"Rather crude comedy with caricaturing milieu drawings and burlesque situations, whose tendency to exaggeration threatens to escalate."
"The Francophile cinema connoisseur is offered a sufficiently entertaining, but never really convincing, since ultimately much too harmless and sometimes even a little embarrassing-looking tabloid comedy, the humor of which is unfortunately no longer the freshest."
“Compared to other French comedies, Finally Widow joins the shallow, geeky films rather than the really noble comedy classics such as The Tall Blonde with the Black Shoe [...] or Breast or Club . One can rather think of the film as an elaborate, successful TV production. However , it doesn't come up against really all-round successful comedies like Willkommen bei den Sch'tis . Nevertheless, Widow at last promises an entertaining evening at the cinema with friends. You should just choose the right friends to go to the cinema: Groups who like to laugh a little, maybe even after an aperitif, should be able to really enjoy the film. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Finally Widow . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ Film review on kino.de
- ↑ Film review on Computerbild.de ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Film review on kino-zeit.de
- ↑ Finally a widow. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Film review on Film.de ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Film review on moviemaze.de ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Web links
- Finally widow in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Finally a widow in the online film database