Folie à deux - A Madness Made of Two

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Folie à deux - A Madness Made of Two

2012

1h 41m

Drama

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Helen, John and their children take a huge loan to transform a crumbling national monument into an exclusive hotel. When the credit crunch hits, their dream turns into a nightmare fueled by a battle with their neighbors.

Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

Hopkins has been filming this group for five years and is eager to help. As boundaries blur, you wonder if she's now part of the madness.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 4, 2013

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Mike McCahill

Guardian

Though it bears the unmistakable look of daytime-telly property porn, Kim Hopkins' documentary offers an eccentric and thoroughly English rejoinder to last year's The Queen of Versailles.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 3, 2013

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David Jenkins

Little White Lies

Misguided and bubble-headed documentary which frames a trifling first world problem as a tragic symptom of the banking crisis.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 3, 2013

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Allan Hunter

Daily Express (UK)

It is a compelling human story in which you grow to admire Helen's refusal to surrender her dream no matter how crushing the reality of their circumstances.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 4, 2013

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Touching documentary, though I wonder if they realise how completely bonkers they look to the outside world (or at least to me).

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Fantastic filmaking and compulsive viewing. The local interest was the icing on the cake!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Kim Hopkins

Director

Simon Beaufoy

Executive Producer

Herbert Lockwood

Executive Producer

Kim Hopkins

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Margaréta Szabó

Producer

Balázs Barnabás

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Synopsis

Helen, John and their children take a huge loan to transform a crumbling national monument into an exclusive hotel. When the credit crunch hits, their dream turns into a nightmare fueled by a battle with their neighbors.

Director: Kim Hopkins
Producer: Kim Hopkins, Margaréta Szabó
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 41m