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Marguerite

2015

Xavier Giannoli

Catherine Frot, André Marcon, Christa Theret, Michel Fau ...

6.2

1,680

Drama. Comedy 1921, the beginning of the Roaring Twenties. Not far from Paris. It is party day at Marguerite Dumont’s castle. Like every year, an array of music lovers gathers around a great cause at the owner’s place. Nobody knows much about this woman except that she is rich and that her whole life is devoted to her passion: music. Marguerite sings. She sings wholeheartedly, but she sings terribly out of tune. In ways quite similar to the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"[A] pitch-perfect comedy of manners (...) this splendid satire benefits not only from being the first to reach the screen, but also from “The Singer” director Giannoli’s gift for striking just the right tone with such tricky material"	POS
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"It's a film that relies on our sympathy for her and she flawlessly commands it, without ever resorting to sentimentality. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"Xavier Giannoli offers up an amusingly entertaining portrait of fortune, infamy and severe melodic dysfunction"	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"A subtle, deeply compassionate portrayal of a rich, lonely woman clutching at an impossible dream until reality intrudes [from Ms. Frot]."	POS
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"'Marguerite' achieves what the protagonist herself never managed: perfect pitch. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS

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