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      Let's Talk About the Rain

      Released Jun 18, 2010 1h 50m Comedy Drama List
      74% 50 Reviews Tomatometer 42% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score In the wake of her mother's death, feminist author Agathe (Agnès Jaoui) returns to the rural town of her birth to reconnect with her estranged sister, Florence (Pascale Arbillot). While there, Karim (Jamel Debbouze) -- a would-be filmmaker and son of the family maid -- requests permission to profile Agathe for a documentary about inspiring women. Agathe agrees, but soon finds herself at the lens-end of a camera manned by Karim's mentor, the misogynistic Michel (Jean-Pierre Bacri). Read More Read Less
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      Low-key to a fault, Let It Rain blends subtle political commentary with smart, thoroughly French comedy.

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      Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness Incapable of rising above mere pleasantness. Rated: C Oct 12, 2010 Full Review Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post Not a laugh riot, but neither is it played for melodrama. Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 23, 2010 Full Review Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle It's graceful in presenting its ideas, and what emerges is not a polemic but a kind of snapshot of modern-day concerns. Rated: 4/4 Jul 15, 2010 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Has interesting passages but generally allows itself to suffocate on a flood of talking. [Full review in Spanish] Jul 18, 2022 Full Review Sarah Manvel Cinemattraction This movie is like a family holiday that you can sum up to acquaintances in two or three sentences but spend hours agonizing about to your closest friends. Feb 10, 2019 Full Review Jeffrey Edalatpour The Rumpus The arrival of Agathe Villanova is at the center of the drama in Let it Rain, and the story benefits from giving her more to do in front of the lens. Sep 18, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Gentle comedy with a great cast. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Endearing Woody Allen-esque drama. Agnès Jaoui specialises in witty and intelligent romantic comedies and while this is not quite as good as her earlier film 'Le Goût des Autres', it is still an amusing enough way to spend 90 minutes and a few scenes with Bacri as a hapless film-maker are very funny indeed. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member La profondeur des personnages, et Bacri a contre-emploi, Tres drole et tres juste Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A gentle tone, likeable characters, rural locations and unassuming narrative belies explorations on feminism, racism, misogyny and fidelity to name a few. Funny largely without being "laugh-out-loud" funny, and dramatic without being melodramatic, the film is satisfying and quietly moving and shows the universal truth that although most people want to change, few do, and when they do, it's in small gestures and kindnesses. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member not a lot really happens...but i enjoyed it well enough, and laughed quite a bit. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Very slow... Good cast, solid interpretation, a few funny and interesting moments, however when it ended I felt almost relieved. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis In the wake of her mother's death, feminist author Agathe (Agnès Jaoui) returns to the rural town of her birth to reconnect with her estranged sister, Florence (Pascale Arbillot). While there, Karim (Jamel Debbouze) -- a would-be filmmaker and son of the family maid -- requests permission to profile Agathe for a documentary about inspiring women. Agathe agrees, but soon finds herself at the lens-end of a camera manned by Karim's mentor, the misogynistic Michel (Jean-Pierre Bacri).
      Director
      Agnès Jaoui
      Screenwriter
      Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri
      Distributor
      IFC Films
      Production Co
      Canal+, Les Films A4, StudioCanal, France 2 Cinema
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jun 18, 2010, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 22, 2017
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $106.1K
      Runtime
      1h 50m
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