Chichester Cinema at New Park
Let's Talk About the Rain
- Parlez-moi de la Pluie
Agathe Villanova (Agnès Jaoui) is a professional woman whose feminist convictions have persuaded her to enter politics. She returns to her childhood home in the South of France to help her sister sort out some family affairs.
Agathe doesn't like the region and escaped it as soon as she could, but she's been sent back there to fight the forthcoming election. Karim (Jamel Debbouze), the son of the family's Algerian housekeeper, has aspirations to make a film, and together with his friend Michel (Jean-Pierre Bacri), he persuades Agathe to be the subject of a series of programmes on 'successful women'. It's an unseasonably wet, grey August, but the weather isn't the only thing to cause irritation…
Following from the success of The Taste of Others and Look at Me, director Agnès Jaoui once again pairs with co-writer and fellow actor Jean-Pierre Bacri. In Let's Talk about the Rain, their customary mix of personal relationships and broader social concerns is expertly handled, though this time with a more overtly funny tone.
All the characters are satisfyingly multi-layered, none more so than Agathe, whose crusading political beliefs don't seem to be bringing much happiness, either to herself or anyone else. (subtitles)
France · 2008 · Agnès Jaoui · 99min
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