80
L.A. Weekly by Ella Taylor
The Girl From Paris may not have half the smooth technique of "Swimming Pool," but it has 10 times the heart and soul.
The Girl from Paris (Une hirondelle a fait le printemps)
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- France
- 2001
- · 103m
Director
Christian Carion
Cast
Michel Serrault,
Mathilde Seigner,
Jean-Paul Roussillon,
Frédéric Pierrot,
Marc Berman,
Françoise Bette
Genre
Drama,
Comedy
Sandrine, a woman in her thirties gets tired of life in Paris and decides to leave her work in computers and become a farmer. She takes the required practice for two years, and after that she buys an isolated farm from Adrien, an old farmer who decides it's time to retire. However, Adrien wants to stay a few more months before moving away from the farm, and the rough winter finds them together...
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80
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
The movie, which Carion wrote with Eric Assous, has a calming quality. The story moves slowly but, given the milieu and pace of life, this seems perfectly appropriate.
80
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Wise, understated, warm and witty, it presents stars Michel Serrault and Mathilde Seigner in roles that fit them so perfectly they could have been tailor-made.
75
Philadelphia Inquirer by Carrie Rickey
The scenery is majestic, the goats adorable, the characters alternately gruff and tender. Like the best storytellers, Carion delays vital information about his characters that makes their dynamic increasingly interesting.
70
The A.V. Club by Keith Phipps
Carion and his gifted leads never take the easy way out. Instead, they let the characters get acquainted against the slow change of the seasons, taking their relationship along unexpected turns.
70
The New Republic by Stanley Kauffmann
Precisely the point of films in this genre is to provide pleasant predictability. We collaborate, in a way: we chuckle silently as, so to speak, we make the film ourselves.
63
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
Moves as slowly and deliberately as it sounds, but Seigner and Serrault are extremely effective in roles often requiring them to work alone, or together in loaded but wordless exchanges.
60
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
Yes, the story is pure formula, though given less twinkle and lip gloss than Hollywood would have brought to bear on it; the film is so remake-friendly you can cast it in your head.
60
Film Threat
It's in the characters that the film works beautifully, right up to the clever and tender final sequence.
50
New York Post by V.A. Musetto
Carion, in his feature debut, means well, and his characters are lovable. But the plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine and her goats walk off into the sunset.
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