The second feature from Nicolas Bedos is a sweet, inventive Richard Curtis-style romantic-comedy crowdpleaser that deftly balances hearty laughs and heartwarming emotion.
La Belle Époque
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France · 2019
Rated R · 1h 50m
Director Nicolas Bedos
Starring Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet, Doria Tillier, Fanny Ardant
Genre Comedy, Drama
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The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
It’s comedy-drama that is not funny enough to count as a comedy and not plausible enough to count as a drama. You’re going to need a very sweet tooth for it – sweeter than the one I have.
In the end, the story’s custom reenactment gimmick may not even have been necessary, so well-written and executed is the personal journey that underlies it.
The Hollywood Reporter by Todd McCarthy
La Belle Epoque is the sort of vastly entertaining mainstream French film that was produced with regularity during the 1970s-'80s and was sometimes remade by Hollywood. Those days are long gone but it could happen with this witty, sexy and original romantic comedy that touches many points of satisfaction.
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