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'The Very Merry Widows' is a 2003 Franco-Belgian film directed and co-written by Catherine Corsini.

Plot



The film is a black comedy. Rene (Jane Birkin) is a wealthy widow several times over. When her orphaned granddaughter Laurence (milie Dequenne) turns up looking for a place to stay, she gives the nave young woman some instruction on marriage to the rich and terminal as a means of self-enrichment. After trying a couple of local men, Laurence sets her sights on the insurance agent investigating her grandmother's latest loss, Thomas (Jrmie Elkam). Rene herself, on the other hand, finds herself falling in love: with Maurice (Pierre Richard).All Movie Guide, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140413091832/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/290734/Mariees-Mais-Pas-Trop/overview "Mariees Mais Pas Trop (2003)"], Movies, 'The New York Times', 2010.

Cast



* Jane Birkin as Rene

* milie Dequenne as Laurence

* Pierre Richard as Maurice

* Clovis Cornillac as Alexis

* Jrmie Elkam as Thomas

* Laurent Grvill as Jean-Daniel

* Amira Casar as Claudia

* Pierre Laroche as Georges

Reception



A reviewer in Variety called the film "jauntily amoral" while noting that other critics had judged it "lame and distasteful".Lisa Nesselson, [https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/the-very-merry-widows-1200540517/ "Review: 'The Very Merry Widows'"], 'Variety', 15 July 2003.

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