Le divorce (2003)

Note des utilisateurs:

4.9/10   

Réalisateur:

James Ivory

Writers (WGA):

Diane Johnson (novel)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

29 août 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Romance | Comedie

Accroche:

Everything sounds sexier in French.

Plot:

French vs. American social customs and behaviors are observed in a story about an American visiting her Frenchman-wed sister in Paris. |

Plot Keywords:

Auction | Painting | Chick Flick | Purse | Family Relationships

Awards:

2 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

Not THAT Bad!

Ensemble

Kate Hudson	...	Isabel Walker
Jean-Marie Lhomme	...	Immigration Officer
Naomi Watts	...	Roxeanne de Persand
Esmée Buchet-Deàk	...	Gennie de Persand
Jean-Jacques Pivert	...	Talkative Shopkeeper
Melvil Poupaud	...	Charles-Henri de Persand
Catherine Samie	...	Madame Florian
Samuel Labarthe	...	Antoine de Persand
Leslie Caron	...	Suzanne de Persand
Thierry Lhermitte	...	Edgar Cosset
Nathalie Richard	...	Charlotte de Persand
Samuel Gruen	...	de Persand Child
Peter Wyckoff	...	de Persand Child
Sandrel Lonnoy	...	Maid
Glenn Close	...	Olivia Pace

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements and sexual content.

Durée:

USA:117 min

Pays:

France | USA

Langue:

Anglais | Français

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Iceland:LH | Malaysia:(Banned) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Canada:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 (bw) | Mexico:B | Netherlands:MG6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Café de Flore - 172 boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris 6, Paris, France

Company:

Merchant Ivory Productions

Anecdotes:

When Isabel is setting up chairs at the poetry reading and is confronted by Tellman, there are copies of "Le Divorce" on the bookshelf behind them.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Isabel and Edgar have their last outing together, Isabel is clearly wearing red nail lacquer in the restaurant. When they say goodbye outside, her nails are no longer red.

Guillemet:

[after seeing Isabel's new look at the airport]
Roger Walker: She looks like something out of "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!".

Movie Connections:

References Le ballon rouge (1956)

Soundtrack:

En relisant ta lettre

Not THAT Bad!

The performances are terrific, Kate Hudson proves that she is the actress that Goldie Hawn never was, and it is always good to see Leslie Caron looking her age and looking great. Now, the matter of the plot has been raised and the consensus so far is that it is a bag of clichés dumped into a blender and then poured out on film.

True. But, the book was no great shakes either and the screenplay simply has not risen above its origins.

I enjoyed Le Divorce for its cynicism and its predictability, frankly. It is nice every now and then to see a movie that elicits a sour chuckle rather than a guffaw or a shriek, and this is one of them.