La délicatesse (Delicacy)

2012

La délicatesse (Delicacy)

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Audrey Tautou is Nathalie, a beautiful, happy, and successful Parisian business executive who finds herself suddenly widowed after a three-year marriage to her soul mate. To cope with her loss, she buries herself and her emotions in her work to the dismay of her friends, family and co-workers. One day, inexplicably, her zest for life and love is rekindled by a most unlikely source, her seemingly unexceptional, gauche, and average looking office subordinate, Markus (comic star Francois Damiens). At first stunned by Nathalie's unexpected attention, Markus comes to gradually believe in her feelings and shifts into romantic high gear. As their relationship goes from awkward to genuinely loving, Nathalie and Markus will have to overcome a host of obstacles including everyone else's judgmental perceptions as well as their own self-doubts. -- (C) CMG
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (for some strong language)
  • Genre:
    Art House & International, Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • Directed By:
    David Foenkinos, Stephane Foenkinos
  • Written By:
    David Foenkinos
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  • Studio:
    Cohen Media Group

Cast

Audrey Tautou
as Nathalie
François Damiens
as Markus
Bruno Todeschini
as Charles
Mélanie Bernier
as Chloé
Joséphine de Meaux
as Sophie
Pio Marmaï
as François
Monique Chaumette
as Madeleine
Marc Citti
as Pierre
Alexandre Pavloff
as Benoît
Vittoria Scognamiglio
as François's Mother
Olivier Cruveiller
as François's Father
Audrey Fleurot
as Ingrid
Ariane Ascaride
as la mère de Nathalie
Christophe Malavoy
as le père de Nathalie
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  • Feb 09, 2014
    In "Delicacy," Nathalie(Audrey Tautou) and Francois(Pio Marmai) are madly in love. That is undone when Francois is fatally hit by a car while jogging that probably has more to do with his wearing headphones than with a karmic attack against their being so adorable. Regardless, Natahlie's friend Sophie(Josephine de Meaux) makes up for Sophie and the rest of France in the procreating department while Nathalie buries herself at work for the next three years. Enter Markus(Francois Damiens) who Nathalie spontaneously kisses one day at work. With an unenlightened message of couples needing to have kids as soon as possible on the off chance of any kind of tragedy, "Delicacy" probably did not have much of chance in the first place. Its never being able to decide on what kind of movie it wants to be(Tragic love story? Romantic comedy? Musical without singing?) pretty much leaves it for dead. That's not to mention the lack of chemistry between its two romantic leads, as Audrey Tautou attempts to cement her status as France's Meg Ryan, not exactly a compliment.
    Walter M Super Reviewer
  • Nov 23, 2012
    A delightful romantic film, starring the very talented Audrey Tautou as a woman who throws herself into her work after the death of her young husband. the tenderness with which this story unfolded moved this viewer at times, and yet it never became maudlin, as she slowly opened herself up to love once again with an unlikely male colleague. Marvelous acting (one has come to expect that from Ms Tautou) and delicious scenery marked this production. The last scene made the perfect coda to a nearly perfect film. Bravo! Brava!
    Mark A Super Reviewer
  • Jan 11, 2012
    Tautou is obviously not as gorgeous as the movie painfully insists and her character's motivations are always unclear, while Damiens plays an idiot that anyone would hardly fall for, in a terribly written and poorly directed little romance that is confusing and goes nowhere.
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