SYNOPSICS
La liste de mes envies (2014) is a French movie. Didier Le Pêcheur has directed this movie. Mathilde Seigner,Marc Lavoine,Virginie Hocq,Frédérique Bel are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2014. La liste de mes envies (2014) is considered one of the best Comedy,Drama movie in India and around the world.
When Jocelyne, a seamstress in the northern French town of Arras, finds out she's won EUR18 million on the lottery and that she can now have anything she wants, she only has one fear: losing her modest way of life made up of simple pleasures that she cherishes more than anything. But fate can be obstinate, and by renouncing this fortune for too long, she triggers a hurricane that changes everything. Everything except her.
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Certainly not a fairy tale
It's not a pure comedy that I will talk about. OK, it contains some amusing sequences, but it remains a sort of drama. Light but drama. A good character's study about a middle aged woman - the so gorgeous Mathilde Seigner - mother of two, and married to an unemployed man, and whose the father has lost all his memory. She owns a little shop and has a happy life. The kind of life that many of us could desire, but also could wish to escape from. Especially with a winning sweepstake ticket of sixteen million euros...Our female lead if, of course, the winner of this fortune, and she doesn't know how to manage this. A philosophical tale that may not give you all what you expect, especially the very good ending.
A reflection on a woman's fear of changing her life for the better
More a drama than a comedy, the strength of the film is the performance of Mathilde Seigner, who plays here a very ordinary middle class woman devoted to family and work who hides the abusiveness of her drunk husband. Her character portrays the situation of many women who stoically stand above troubled waters hiding the truth as they lack self esteem. But suddenly she is stricken by luck and all her fears come to surface. She has the chance to change her life but she hesitates. the film raises a good reflection about the opportunities that most of us let go because we doubt if we truly deserve a better life. Specially touching is the list of her very modest desires ( title of the film) that she notes down on her diary at the end of another day of work. Almost like an exercise for courage. Another interesting character is her daughter Nadine, who is a very mature child who seems to perceive reality way better than her mother does. Unfortunately the performance of Marc Levoine, who plays Jocelyne's husband was stereotypical and not at all convincing. Other films of the same genre like Shirley Valentine were a huge success because they were truly a comedy. and the character goes through a major change. Unfortunately this film is too much of a drama and the end is wishy washy.
One lifeless movie
Let me start with performances. The leading actress performance was incredibly lifeless and boring. I don't remember ever seeing this actress in other movies therefore can't really conclude about her acting skills or talents or lack of it. The rest of the acting gang just followed her steps delivering very sad performances. The first part of the movie was just all OK. A seemingly intelligent woman had stayed with an abusive alcoholic for unknown reason. There was zero chemistry between 2 leading characters. 2 lifeless, emotionless and depressing zombies under one roof. The beach side lover story was just a joke. Pretty much every development in this film was boring, far-stretched and not believable. I could have written a better story about winning a lottery.