Slant Magazine by Andrew Schenker
Cédric Klapisch settles for a mixture of bland obviousness and crudely manufactured drama.
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France · 2011
1h 49m
Director Cédric Klapisch
Starring Karin Viard, Gilles Lellouche, Audrey Lamy, Jean-Pierre Martins
Genre Comedy, Drama
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After the factory where she worked for over 20 years is shut down, France leaves her home and family in Dunkirk to look for work in Paris. There, she becomes a cleaner for a wealthy man whose world is radically different from her own. Soon, she discovers that her employer played a part in closing her factory.
Slant Magazine by Andrew Schenker
Cédric Klapisch settles for a mixture of bland obviousness and crudely manufactured drama.
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