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French Film Festival · 2012

French Film Festival 2012

Animation

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2 films · 2 reviews

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Ernest And Celestine (Ernest Et Celestine)

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Small-town prejudice and the fear of otherness are roundly exposed for their absurdity, but the sensitivity of the artistic disposition and even the importance of good dental care are also sensibly celebrated.

Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
The unlikely friendship between a gruff bear and an orphaned mouse worries authorities who believe the species shouldn't mix.

(Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg; Year: 2012; Director: Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier; Writer: Daniel Pennac; Stars: Lambert Wilson, Pauline Brunner)

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The Suicide Shop (Le magasin des suicides)

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This is a film of two halves, with the half involving sweetness and light muddled and limp in comparison to its tougher, more sinister flipside, while the ending is almost unforgivably trite.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
In a town of depressives, one family has found a suicidal niche.

(Country: France, Canada, Belgium; Year: 2012; Director: Patrice Leconte; Writer: Patrice Leconte, based on the novel by Jean Teulé; Stars: Bernard Alane, Isabelle Spade, Kacey Mottet Klein, Isabelle Giami, Laurent Gendron, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Eric Métayer, Jacques Mathou, Urbain Cancelier, Pascal Parmentier, Edouard Prettet, Jean-Paul Comart, Annick Alane, Juliette Poissonnier, Philippe du Janerand)

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