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From the Land of the Moon (film)
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Wikipedia article
'From the Land of the Moon' (, literally "disease of the stones") is a 2016 French film written and directed by Nicole Garcia and starring Marion Cotillard. The film is adapted from the 2006 Italian novella by Milena Agus. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, and received eight nominations for the Csar Awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Nicole Garcia, and Best Actress for Marion Cotillard.
Plot
At the end of WWII, a woman enters a marriage of convenience to a man who had shown kindness to her family during the war. Sickly from kidney stones, she travels to a fancy clinic for treatment and falls in love with a veteran she meets there. After they part, she considers whether to build a family with the man who loves her or re-kindle the lost bond with the man she loved while briefly away from home.
Cast
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* Marion Cotillard as Gabrielle
* Louis Garrel as Andr Sauvage
* lex Brendemhl as Jos
* Brigitte Roan as Adle
* Victoire Du Bois as Jeannine
* Alose Sauvage as Agostine
* Daniel Para as Martin
* Jihwan Kim as Blaise
* Victor Quilichini as 14-year-old Marc
Release
In May 2015, StudioCanal acquired distribution rights to the film in United Kingdom, France, Germany and Australia. In March 2016, Sundance Selects acquired U.S distribution rights to the film.
Reception
Critical response
The film was nominated for several awards at the Csar Awards and elsewhere in Europe, including for Cotillard's performance and the cinematography by Christophe Beaucarne.American critics were less enthusiastic in their response. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 32% based on reviews from 56 critics, with an average score of 4.73/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "'From the Land of the Moon' benefits from striking visuals and strong work from Marion Cotillard, but they're both ultimately overcome by a story that drifts into wan melodrama." On Metacritic the film has a score of 40 out of 100, based on reviews from 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews." Alan Zilberman of the 'Washington Post' said, "Moments of visual beauty only call attention to the stilted dialogue and maudlin plot that otherwise define the film."[https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/from-the-land-of-the-moon-cotillard-emotes-but-about-what-exactly/2017/08/03/e87b1bf8-7623-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html?noredirect=on Alan Zilberman, "From the Land of the Moon: Cotillard emotes, but about what, exactly?"], 'Washington Post', 3 August 2017; accessed 8 August 2018 Sheri Linden of the 'Los Angeles Times' said, "Marion Cotillard shines", but director Garcia's "lush period drama equates hyper-romance with both self-realization and delusion, a proposition that proves more muddled than illuminating."[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-from-land-moon-review-20170802-story.html Sheri Linden, "Marion Cotillard shines in an otherwise rocky 'From the Land of the Moon'"], 'Los Angeles Times', 2 August 2017; accessed 08 August 2018
Box office
In France, 'From the Land of the Moon' was released to 335 screens, where it debuted at number nine at the box office, selling 283,843 tickets. It sold a total of 669,856 tickets and grossed $4,718,885 after 13 weeks in French cinemas. The film grossed a total of $6,547,983 worldwide against a production budget of 10.5 million.Accolades
References
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