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Chiara Mastroianni (Making Plans for Lena) picked up Best Actress (Un Certain Regard) at Cannes for this French comedy from...
Chiara Mastroianni (Making Plans for Lena) picked up Best Actress (Un Certain Regard) at Cannes for this French comedy from Christophe Honoré, in which she leaves her marriage of 20 years and spends the night in a hotel across the street.
With a clear view of her family home, Maria (Mastroianni) reflects on her decision and takes counsel from various friends and family members over the course of a single night.
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65 %31 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
33 %18 reviewsAudience score rating
"The film wants to be a meditation on love, but before long it starts to feel as overstuffed as a family reunion at Thanksgiving."
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Variety
Variety"Honoré expands the limitations of the genre with a fresh take that borders on the fantastical."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"Honore's bubbly bottle of cinematic champagne runs out of fizz somewhere around its midway point. Even so, there are still enjoyably shallow pleasures to be savoured here..."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Unashamedly theatrical and unapologetically fanciful, it may not be for all tastes but casts a warming glow that should attract incurable romantics, nostalgic cinefiles and fans of writer/director Christophe Honoré."
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Screen Daily
Screen DailyRoom 212 (On a Magical Night) | Details
Award winner- Winner of Un Certain Regard - Best Actress (Mastroianni), 2019 Cannes Film Festival
- Rating
- TBC,
- Runtime
- 87
- Genre
- Comedy
- Country of origin
- Belgium, France, Luxembourg
