Le cou de la girafe

2004
1h 24m

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Sandrine Bonnaire, Claude Rich, and Louisa Pili in Le cou de la girafe (2004)

Mathilde (Louisa Pili), a precocious 10-year-old, insists that her grandfather, Paul (Claude Rich), help her find his ex-wife (Mathilde's maternal grandmother), Madeleine (Monique Melinand),... Read allMathilde (Louisa Pili), a precocious 10-year-old, insists that her grandfather, Paul (Claude Rich), help her find his ex-wife (Mathilde's maternal grandmother), Madeleine (Monique Melinand), who ran off years ago. With only the letters that Madeleine wrote to her daughter and gra... Read allMathilde (Louisa Pili), a precocious 10-year-old, insists that her grandfather, Paul (Claude Rich), help her find his ex-wife (Mathilde's maternal grandmother), Madeleine (Monique Melinand), who ran off years ago. With only the letters that Madeleine wrote to her daughter and granddaughter to guide them, they journey from Paris to Spain looking for her. Meanwhile, whe... Read all

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- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Kirpianuscus

a story. maybe, familiar

For many reasons, this film is a must see. first - for actors. and their performances. and the meet between Claude Rich and Sandrine Bonnaire gace to a touching, complex, almost provocative story. second - for a beautiful plot like an old tree. not the less - for the chance to be a story about yourself. and, sure, for the end. as answer. as conclusion. as expression of a sort of miracle in different skin by you expect. a French film about a family. his past. and the fight for create the right future.

8threeJane

Rich story-telling

This is such a rich story that it could entertain and succeed in several ways, depending on your point of view. It's a story about old age, about family relationships, and wise characters who know when to stay quiet.

For myself, it was a story of how children can trick you, or charm you, or drag you kicking and screaming out of your comfort zone. And where did they learn to do all this? From none other than ourselves, when we did it to them. Still, they seem to be so much better at it than us; our comfort zones are so much more rusted into place.

Just an observation: Why are middle-aged heroines in French films so often called Helene?