À la petite semaine (2003)

Note Générale:

6,7/10   

Réalisateur:

Sam Karmann

Scénaristes:

Désir Carré (writer)
Sam Karmann (writer)

Date de sortie:

25 juin 2003 (France)

Genre:

Comedie | Drame

Intrigue:

Jacques is coming home after a long stretch behind bars. The boys are waiting, especially hi longtime friend Francis and new kid on the block Didier...

Récompenses:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Sam Karmann's 2003 vintage as a director

Ensemble

Gérard Lanvin	...	Jacques
Jacques Gamblin	...	Francis
Clovis Cornillac	...	Didier
Jean-Pierre Lazzerini	...	Le Moqueur
Désir Carré	...	La Trompette
Jean-Paul Bonnaire	...	L'Enclume
Julie Durand	...	Camille
Philippe Nahon	...	Roger
Josiane Stoléru	...	Denise
Jean-Claude Lecas	...	La Fouine
Etienne Chicot	...	Marcel
Florence Pernel	...	Laurence
André Thorent	...	Lucien, l'oncle de Jacques
Vincent Moscato	...	Le sbire
Liliane Rovère	...	Colette

Autre(s) titre(s):

À la p'tite semaine (France) (working title)
Nickel and Dime (International: English title)

Durée:

France:100 min | Argentina:100 min

Pays:

France

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:13 | Philippines:R-13 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:NC-16

Lieux de tournage:

Bucharest, Romania

Société:

Canal+

Connexions:

Références Goodfellas (1990)

Sam Karmann's 2003 vintage as a director

Basically a stage actor and a close friend of the winning team Jean Pierre Bacri and Agnès Jaoui, Sam Karmann belatedly tried his hand at directing but the few works he left shouldn't be dismissed at all. "Kennedy et Moi" (1999) was the French "American Beauty" and an ideal cure for its director who had a breakdown prior to shoot it. Although it belongs to another cinematographic genre, "A la Petite Semaine" is every bit as good as its predecessor.

From a classy starting point, Karmann drew a respectable piece of work. Jacques (Gérard Lanvin) is released from prison and has decided to go straight. But his friend Francis (Jacques Gamblin), an actor who lives with his mother and an impulsive young man Didier (Clovis Cornillac) prepares a job. Jacques tries to make them renounce to their affair, it's no use. However, tangled up in their shady affairs, the two casual thieves will soon be caught in a downward spiral and Jacques might have a solution to save them...

Karmann's film encapsulates two genres and swings between them with fluidity: detective film and social comedy. By the use of key scenery (cafes), sharp dialogs and the type of story employed, his credentials are derived from José Giovanni, Jacques Becker and Michel Audiard. So he knows his classics and he's supported by his great threesome of actors even if I must say that I'm not a fan of Gamblin and Lanvin. The rest of the cast doesn't lie fallow either. The delineation of each secondary character is precise and has its importance in the representation of this rather dull but not despondent everyday life.

"A La Petite Semaine" is a throwback to good old popular cinema. How refreshing!