Comme une image (2004)

Director:

Agnès Jaoui

Writers:

Jean-Pierre Bacri (scenario)
Agnès Jaoui (scenario)

Release Date:

22 September 2004 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance

Plot:

A french girl gifted with a great voice, has a complex about her weight and her appearance.

Plot Keywords:

Writer | Concert | Friend | Weight | Fear

Awards:

8 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Marilou Berry	...	Lolita Cassard
Jean-Pierre Bacri	...	Étienne Cassard
Agnès Jaoui	...	Sylvia Millet
Laurent Grévill	...	Pierre Millet
Virginie Desarnauts	...	Karine Cassard
Keine Bouhiza	...	Sébastien
Grégoire Oestermann	...	Vincent
Serge Riaboukine	...	Félix
Michèle Moretti	...	Édith
Jean-Pierre Lazzerini	...	Taxi Driver
Jacques Boko	...	Bouncer
Yves Verhoeven	...	Onlooker #1
Samir Guesmi	...	Onlooker #2
Bob Zaremba	...	Guy Seen Everywhere
Roberte Kiehl	...	Conservatoire Pianist

Also Known As:

Look at Me (International: English title) (USA)
Così fan tutti (Italy)
Like an Image (International: English title)
Cómo una imagen (Argentina) (International: Spanish title) (Spain) [es]
Schau mich an! (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Huomaa minut (Finland) [fi]
Look at Me (Denmark) [da]
Popatrz na mnie (Poland) [pl]
Questão de Imagem (Brazil) [pt]
San mia eikona (Greece) [el]
Se mig (Sweden) [sv]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief language and a sexual reference.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Taiwan:GP | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Hungary:14 | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:14 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Menades, Yonne, France

Company:

Les Films A4

Trivia:

Visa d'exploitation en France : #107893

Quotes:

Sylvia Millet: [singing lesson] Use the consonants, don't avoid them.

Movie Connections:

Features Blood on the Moon (1948)

Individualism versus Egalitarianism

A beautifully crafted and acted film where the director Agnes Jaoui, who incidentally plays a leading role in the film supporting and coaching, Marilou Berry as Lolita a budding singer, for me the star of the film, who has to come to terms with her father's and his immediate circle of friends individualism.

As in all good films the pace is wonderful as the protagonists are slowly bought together, egos waxing and waning as they seek out what is best for themselves and to hell with everyone else. That is except for Sebastian who early in the film senses Lolita's, unbeknown to her, egalitarianism. The film ends with Lolita's awakening to the richness of a sharing society, while the director announces where her sympathies lie courtesy of the father's hi fi player.

Yet another French cultural swipe at Hollywood. Highly recommended.