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Desperate to become a mother, a 40-year-old actress (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) finds herself attracted to a young colleague (Louis Garrel).

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Amy Taubin Film Comment Magazine 11/14/2013
Actresses is a comedy of errors that beggars description.</I. Go to Full Review Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine 10/10/2007
2/4
Fails to congeal into a heady structural puzzle, or into a particularly affecting exercise in female empathy. Go to Full Review Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews 07/11/2008
C+
The mix of the endless rehearsals, Marcelline's lack of grip both personally and professionally and her surreal imaginings make for an uneven film. Go to Full Review Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews 07/06/2008
B-
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi does a terrific job with her portrayal of an actress who has trouble unraveling her life from her performance, but the setting she gives this gem doesn't show it off in its best light. Go to Full Review Marlow Stern Manhattan Movie Magazine 12/18/2007
2/5
there is what we can call the House of Sand and Fog problem: this woman is way too attractive to be in this desperate a situation Go to Full Review Boyd van Hoeij european-films.net 10/13/2007
Set in the bourgeois and vaguely intellectual Parisian bubble of Bruni Tedeschi's alter ego, it veers more towards comedy as the film progresses, earning good-hearted laughs as well as, well, whatever one may feel towards this particular milieu. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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01/30/2011 Kırklı yaÅlardaki çocuk sahibi olmak isteyen maccelline nin bir filmin seçmelerine katılmasıyle baÅlayıp giden film, 2007 yılında cannes film festivalinde özel jà 1/4ri ödà 1/4là 1/4nà 1/4 kazandı. See more 10/01/2010 It is supposed to show deep emotion, I think, but doesn't. It's that european, french-type of classic, with a little less nudity than expected and the exact type of dry silence that's supposed to mean something. See more 07/20/2010 Started off pretty good...... See more 02/03/2010 <a></a> <img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/auteurs_production/stills/1740/original.jpg?1289430833" width="240" border="0" /> See more 01/11/2010 It reminded me of some Simone de Beauvoir´s novels whose (part of the) storyline and (some) characters have connections with the theater. </br> </br> See more 09/03/2009 Frustrating...but compellingly put forward. See more Read all reviews
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Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Director

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Marcelline

Noémie Lvovsky

Nathalie

Mathieu Amalric

Denis

Louis Garrel

Éric

Marisa Borini

La mère
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Movie Info

Synopsis Desperate to become a mother, a 40-year-old actress (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) finds herself attracted to a young colleague (Louis Garrel).
Director
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Producer
Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier
Screenwriter
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Noémie Lvovsky, Agnès de Sacy
Production Co
Fidélité Films
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
French (France)
Runtime
1h 47m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)