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Portraits Chinois

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A fashion designer's (Helena Bonham Carter) friends spend time bickering, lying to themselves and to one another.

Critics Reviews

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/22/2005
3/5
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 01/26/2005
3/5
James Rocchi Netflix 09/09/2004
1/5
Talky French comedy is like Woody Allen with an accent -- but minus the laughs. Go to Full Review Luke Y. Thompson New Times 05/24/2003
3/5
Typically brooding, complex French relationship movie, but who knew Bonham Carter could pass for Gallic? Go to Full Review Reel.com 06/15/2002
2/4
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08/24/2014 This started out a bit slowly, and the subtitles were sometimes hard to read, but ended up being a decent story. See more 03/29/2012 Stories of love amongst affluent Parisians, with an alternative ending to the 'it was all a dream' cliche. See more Read all reviews
Portraits Chinois

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Cast & Crew

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Martine Dugowson

Director

Helena Bonham Carter

Ada

Romane Bohringer

Lise

Marie Trintignant

Nina

Elsa Zylberstein

Emma

Martine Dugowson

Writer

Movie Info

Synopsis A fashion designer's (Helena Bonham Carter) friends spend time bickering, lying to themselves and to one another.
Director
Martine Dugowson
Producer
Georges Benayoun
Screenwriter
Martine Dugowson, Peter Chase
Distributor
Phaedra Cinema
Production Co
IMA Productions
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 12, 1996, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 31, 2000
Box Office (Gross USA)
$16.4K
Runtime
1h 51m
Sound Mix
Surround