Tatie Danielle (1990)

Réalisateur:

Étienne Chatiliez

Scénariste:

Florence Quentin (writer)

Release Date:

17 mai 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Drame

Accroche:

Tatie Danielle is a spoiled old lady who has become expert, after long years of study, at the art of imposing on other people.

Plot:

Auntie Danielle, supposedly in ailing health but in reality just a nasty old bitch, lives with a paid housekeeper who she regularly abuses...

Awards:

3 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Tatie Danielle is delightfully evil!

Ensemble

Tsilla Chelton	...	Tatie Danielle
Catherine Jacob	...	Catherine Billard
Isabelle Nanty	...	Sandrine Vonnier
Neige Dolsky	...	Odile
Eric Prat	...	Jean-Pierre Billard
Laurence Février	...	Jeanne Billard
Virginie Pradal	...	Madame Lafosse
Mathieu Foulon	...	Jean-Marie Billard
Gary Ledoux	...	Totoff Billard
André Wilms	...	Dr. Wilms
Patrick Bouchitey	...	Beggar
Christine Pignet	...	Cab driver
Evelyne Didi	...	Woman in bus
Isabelle Petit-Jacques	...	A passer-by
Karin Viard	...	Agathe (as Karine Viard)

Durée:

USA:110 min | Germany:111 min | Sweden:112 min

Pays:

France

Langue:

Anglais | Français

Couleur:

Couleur (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Finland:K-10 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 (w)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Auxerre, Yonne, France

Company:

France 3 Cinéma

Soundtrack:

Shake Shake Shake

Tatie Danielle is delightfully evil!

Wow did I like this movie!! This is the story of a nasty old lady who treats everyone like her servants and pretty much hates everyone. She is not one of these cute or grandmotherly type old ladies, that's for sure! Her absolute awfulness is not reason enough to watch the movie--after all, it would hardly be engaging to JUST watch a movie of a horrible person. Instead, the writers really manipulate the viewer into ALMOST liking her or seeing something of value in this old crank--and THEN, she becomes even worse than you'd imagined! Its unrelenting cynicism is great. This movie reminded me of a much better written version of Problem Child with one MAJOR exception. In Problem Child, they had a cop-out ending when the rotten child's heart changed and he realized he really DID love his adopted dad. That NEVER rang true in Problem Child and Tatie Danielle never gives in to cheap sentimentality. It is funny and irreverent and very unusual to say the least.

I remember the tagline of the movie when it came out roughly translated to "you don't even know her but she hates you already". Wow--this really sums up the old crow!

By the way, what ever DID happen to the dog,....?