Michel Gondry's directorial style is as bewitching as ever, but his intensely personal subject matter may leave viewers wondering why The Thorn in the Heart didn't stay in the family. Read critic reviews
The Thorn in the Heart
2009, Documentary, 1h 26m
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Filmmaker Michel Gondry chronicles the life of his aunt, Suzette Gondry, and her relationship with her son, Jean-Yves.
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Rating: PG
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Genre: Documentary
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Original Language: French (France)
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Director: Michel Gondry
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Producer: Georges Bermann
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Writer: Michel Gondry
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Release Date (Theaters): limited
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Box Office (Gross USA): $7.0K
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Distributor: Oscilloscope Pictures
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Michel Gondry thought that his Aunt's life would make an interesting documentary. It doesn't.
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"The Thorn in the Heart" is a documentary from Michel Gondry about his aunt Suzette, concentrating on her teaching career and the people whose lives she has touched over the decades. Just because the material is slight does not stop Gondry from using it to explore some of his favorite themes including memory while having fun with the documentary genre itself, as the movie becomes very meta at times through heightened transparency. One example is the recreation of the infamous blocked bathroom door incident. The highlight for me was the model train set that was used in chapter titles which is a very nice touch especially if you are watching this documentary on a train as I was.
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Michael gondry, goes back home to make a doc on his auntie, a former school teacher, here they visit schools she worked in through the late 50s and beyond, while looking back at family life, its a interesting enough idea, just doesent come across especially exiting, just a old women bringing up memorys, sometimes gondrys magic comes into play, so thats interesting, just not enough
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