Copacabana

France

2010

105 Min

Color

1.85:1

French, English, Flemish

Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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CAST Isabelle Huppert, Lolita Chammah, Aure Atika, Jurgen Delnaet, Chantal Banlier, Magali Woch, Nelly Antignac, Guillaume Gouix, Joachim Lombard, Noémie Lvovsky, Luis Rego, Eric Savin, Anna Sigalevitch

SOUND Olivier Le Vacon

Cannes (Semaine de la critique), London (French Revolutions), São Paulo (International Perspective), Göteborg (Festivalfavoriter), BAFICI (Panorama), Transilvania (Supernova), Chicago

Synopsis

Babou seems to be able to shrug off anything. Real jobs, husbands, responsibilities, who needs them? But when she finds out that her own daughter is too ashamed of her to invite her to her wedding, she decides to make some changes. She takes a job selling time-share flats at the Belgian seaside during the off-season, and even to her own surprise, becomes the model employee. Eventually Babou once again gets in the way of her success, and she must find a way to get a wedding gift worthy of her daughter yet true to her one-of-a-kind self. –Semaine de la Critique

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msmichel

10Apr13

Another powerhouse performance from France's greatest actress anchors this tale of a woman who has been somewhat of a failure as both a mother and a provider who takes a job in Osterd hoping to prove to her grown daughter that she can be responsible. Other than the hokey plot device near the conclusion the film excels. Would not have succeeded quite as well with a lesser actress in the lead. Competent support cast.

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