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But there still comes a literally shattering moment for Anton. Making Plans for Léna, which is being released in the US by IFC Films, surprises with its complexity after the New Wave-ish, stylish and relatively brittle Paris trilogy with a rounded, complex, mature work that takes Christophe Honoré to a new level.
Aug 15, 2010 · When Lena’s parents travel to Rome, we learn, in addition to their love of sex, travel, and the people, young and old, that mill about in their periphery, that the father may be dying. But that plot point is left unresolved after the epic, spell-breaking fuck-up of Honoré’s fairy-tale digression.
Aug 16, 2010 · Viewed as a valentine to a talent dogged by two large parental shadows (dad Marcello and mom Catherine Deneuve), Making Plans for Lena works like gangbusters.
Aug 23, 2010 · The one moment of connection with the protagonist is lost, and the consequential detachment affects “Making Plans for Lena” so negatively that the rest of the film feels like a pointless bore.
Aug 19, 2010 · Christophe Honoré’s radically unsentimental family portrait, “Making Plans for Léna,” takes on a formidable challenge: How do you prevent viewers from losing patience with a central ...
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- Christophe Honoré
Making Plans for Lena (French: Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser) is a 2009 French drama film directed by Christophe Honoré, who co-wrote the screenplay with Geneviève Brisac. [2] It stars Chiara Mastroianni, Marina Foïs, Marie-Christine Barrault, and Jean-Marc Barr. [3] It was released on 2 September 2009 in France.
Aug 18, 2010 · Christophe Honoré trades the whimsy of his quasi-musical “Paris Trilogy” for structurally ambitious psychodrama in Making Plans for Lena. Chiara Mastroianni is the 34-year-old title character ...
