L'adorable femme des neiges
| Title: | L'adorable femme des neiges |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Directors: | Jean-Marc Vervoort |
| Writers: | Thierry Lassalle (writer) Jeanne Le Guillou (writer) |
| Actors: | Florence Pernel | Pierre Cassignard | Fabienne Mai | Serge Noël | Tsilla Chelton | Pascale Roberts | Jean O'Cottrel | Fabienne Tricottet | Urbain Cancelier | Aurélien Ringelheim | Jean-Luc Couchard | Alexandre von Sivers | Philippe Drecq | Nicola Donato | François Joinville |
| Rating: | 7.5 | 19 votes |
| Languages: | French |
| Color: | Color |
| Country: | France |
| Company: | FIT Productions |
| Genres: | Comedy |
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| 1) The premise for this light-minded comedy is not new: perky, wealthy,aristocratic 27-year-old Lucie (Florence Pernel, who sometimesresembles a young Isabelle Huppert) had an airplane accident in 1919and got buried under snow – only to be defrosted back to life 84 yearslater (remember "Hibernatus" with Louis de Funès and "Iceman" with JohnLone?). As her dysfunctional family tries to convince her she's stillliving in 1919 (in a way similar to "Goodbye Lenin"), she manages todiscover the truth with the help of a young journalist (blank,unimpressive Pierre Cassignard). The usual shenanigans follow in thiscliché-ridden plot, with the loosely directed cast plunging intooveracting, most of all irritatingly over-the-top Urbain Cancelier. Thescript is underdeveloped and full of loose ends, and suspension ofdisbelief is sine qua non here.
On a positive note, the film co-stars the magnificent 85-year-oldactress TSILLA CHELTON of "Tatie Danielle" fame, who wipes everybodyelse off the screen and brings excitement in her every scene – she canbe mean, coquette, subtle, funny, scheming, disgraceful, fragile – shecan do anything! She's the reason alone (and enough) to recommend thisfilm on a sleepless night. Mme Chelton, vous êtes superbe! Chapeau! |
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