Queen of Hearts
La reine des pommes
France
2010
84 Min
Color
1.85:1
French, Spanish
Synopsis
Thirty-something Adele is devastated after a painful breakup. With no close friends or family, her distant cousin, Rachel, reluctantly takes her in and graciously attempts to salvage Adele’s personal and professional lives. Rachel finds her a job and suggests that Adele sleep with other men to get over her heartbreak. Adele bounces from one lover to the next in search of her perfect companion but can’t escape the visage of her ex. Finally, she recognizes the man who may just hold the answer to her broken heart. –Film Movement
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Valérie Donzelli
Valérie Donzelli was born in the Vosges Mountains, but is not a Vosgian. She studied architecture, but is not an architect. Her first cinematic experience dates from Sandrine Veysset’s film Martha… Martha, in which she played the title role. Il fait beau dans la plus belle ville du monde is her first short as director. –Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
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Nádia Costa
29Jan12
Filme sans grande surprise, j' aurais bien voulu voir un peu plus a partir de l'idée des alter egos de Mathieu: ça renvoie a beaucoup de pistes, cependant le problème est que le resultat ne correspond pas aux attentes promises.
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SOLITARY BUT UNAFRAID
By Jimmy Sukeshwala on April 15, 2012
La Reine Des Pommes is Valerie Donzelli’s delightful romp through the dank innocuous undergrowth of a maturing woman’s sexuality. It rides the techniques and motifs of the old New Wave with confidence… read review
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