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Look at Me (2004 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Look at Me' is a 2004 French drama-comedy film directed by Agns Jaoui. It won the Best Screenplay award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The film features a clip from the 1948 film 'Blood on the Moon'.
Plot
Lolita Cassard lacks confidence and self-esteem because she doesn't look like the women who fill the pages of fashion magazines. Her father, tienne Cassard, is a respected novelist, but rarely considers the feelings of others, only thinking of himself and worrying about aging. Pierre Millet, a younger writer, doubts he will ever be successful. Meanwhile, Sylvia Millet, a singing teacher, believes in her husband's talent, but doubts her own and that of her student, Lolita. When Sylvia discovers that Lolita is the daughter of tienne, an author she admires, she befriends Lolita in order to gain access to tienne for her husband's sake. Lolita does not see that Sylvia is just another person being generous to her because her father is famous. She begins to confide in Sylvia about her father, love life, and self-confidence issues. Sylvia takes a liking to Lolita and begins to see tienne for the man he really is. Sbastien, a young journalist, befriends Lolita. He takes a liking to her, but she shows no interest, infatuated with another boy, Mathieu. Mathieu is interested in Lolita only because of her father and mistreats her. Lolita assumes the same of Sbastien and does not realize that he likes her for herself. After a crazy weekend at tienne's cottage, Sylvia leaves Pierre because he has become like tienne, Lolita realizes Sbastien has honest intentions, and tienne is repeatedly reminded that he is an indifferent father to Lolita.
Cast
*Marilou Berry – Lolita Cassard
*Agns Jaoui – Sylvia Millet
*Jean-Pierre Bacri – tienne Cassard
*Laurent Grvill – Pierre Millet
*Virginie Desarnauts – Karine Cassard
*Keine Bouhiza – Sbastien
*Grgoire Oestermann – Vincent
*Serge Riaboukine – Flix
*Michle Moretti – dith
Critical reception
The film was well received by the critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 87% of 98 critics gave it a positive review, for an average rating of 7.6/10. The site's consensus reads "An observant drama-comedy about self absorption."
References
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