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Wikipedia article




'There Are No False Undertakings' is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Olivier Godin and released in 2020.Andr Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/2020-08-25/quatre-films-quebecois-en-premiere-mondiale-au-fnc.php "Quatre films qubcois en premire mondiale au FNC"]. 'La Presse', August 25, 2020.

The film stars Tatiana Zinga Botao as Marie-Cobra Tremblay, a writer who is working on a screenplay she hopes that Denzel Washington will star in; however, her work is complicated by the disapproval of her ex-husband Rosaire (Franois-Simon Poirier) and her best friend Mlusine (Leslie Mavangui), Washington's (Fayolle Jean) lack of interest in the project as he is more focused on the goal of getting cast as Angel in a new 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' reboot, and the discouraging feedback of professional screenwriter Croquette (ric K. Boulianne).[https://cultmtl.com/2020/10/week-one-five-films-to-watch-at-festival-du-nouveau-cinema-2020-last-and-first-men-judy-versus-capitalism-il-ny-a-pas-de-faux-metier-caught-in-the-net-undine/ "WEEK ONE: Five films to watch at Festival du Nouveau Cinma 2020"]. 'Cult MTL', October 7, 2020.

The film's cast also includes Florence Blain Mbaye, Alexis Martin, ve Duranceau, Schelby Jean-Baptiste and Jean-Marc Dalp.

The film premiered on October 7, 2020 at the Festival du nouveau cinma.Franois Lvesque, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/587326/festival-du-nouveau-cinema-horizons-virtuels "Horizons virtuels"]. 'Le Devoir', October 7, 2020.

Critical response



Alex Rose of 'Cult MTL' reviewed the film positively, writing that it "goes in every direction at once, a dialogue-dense comedy of manners that subscribes to no particular sense of genre or comedic timing. Though somewhat of a meta-deconstruction of the process of writing a film (with copious jabs at the wonderfulness of grants) and of the invisible borders of intellectualism (prompting the immortal line Pasolini, yest-tu sur Netflix?!), its also just fucking weird from top to bottom. Its rare to see a film thats so playful and yet so comfortable with alienating the majority of people who might lay eyes on it, which puts it in its own category on the Quebec cinematic landscape." He additionally noted that "it's also extremely rare to see this many people of colour in a Quebec movie that isnt about street gangs or refugees."

For 'Screen Anarchy', Shelagh Rowan-Legg wrote that "At nearly two hours, it could have probably trimmed its time a bit; absurdism can get tiring when the audience has to keep up with all the complicated connections, and perhaps a few of the vignettes didn't quite find their feet. Yet overall, There Are No False Undertakings is a bizarre journey into the oddities of a collective imagination, one in which you will likely find your own thoughts (ones you thought to never speak aloud) reflected in delightful characters and their deadpan yet whimsical understakings [sic]."Shelagh Rowan-Legg, [https://screenanarchy.com/2020/10/montreal-nouveau-2020-there-are-no-false-undertakings.html "Montreal Nouveau 2020 Review: THERE ARE NO FALSE UNDERTAKINGS, Vignettes of the Odd and Surreal"]. 'Screen Anarchy', October 19, 2020.

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