ROSALIE BLUM
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Director: Julien Rappeneau
Screenwriters: Julien Rappeneau and Camille Jourdy
Principal cast:
Noémie Lvovsky
Kyan Khojandi
Anémone
Alice Isaaz
Philippe Rebbot
Sara Giraudeau
Country: France
Classification: M
Runtime: 95 mins.
Australian release date: 26 December 2016
Rosalie Blum is a feel-good French farce with enough twists and turns to keep you engaged as the script delivers its themes of love and compassion.
Vincent Machot (Kyan Khojandi) is a hairdresser in a provincial town. His overbearing mother, Simone (Anémone), lives in the flat above his. He’s a bit of a loser. His girlfriend has moved to Paris and he keeps putting off his planned visits to see her. You get the picture? One day, after a random encounter, he becomes obsessed with a woman called Rosalie Blum (Noémie Lvovsky), who runs a neighbourhood grocery store, and starts to stalk her. But Rosalie is not the run-down, beaten woman she appears to be. She has a plan of her own.
Featuring wonderful performances in all the key roles, this portrayal of life in a regional French city is the most successful film exhibited at the Alliance Française French Film Festival in 27 years.
Rosalie Blum is Julien Rappeneau’s directorial debut and, judging by this little gem, it will be interesting to see what he does next!
Screenwriters: Julien Rappeneau and Camille Jourdy
Principal cast:
Noémie Lvovsky
Kyan Khojandi
Anémone
Alice Isaaz
Philippe Rebbot
Sara Giraudeau
Country: France
Classification: M
Runtime: 95 mins.
Australian release date: 26 December 2016
Rosalie Blum is a feel-good French farce with enough twists and turns to keep you engaged as the script delivers its themes of love and compassion.
Vincent Machot (Kyan Khojandi) is a hairdresser in a provincial town. His overbearing mother, Simone (Anémone), lives in the flat above his. He’s a bit of a loser. His girlfriend has moved to Paris and he keeps putting off his planned visits to see her. You get the picture? One day, after a random encounter, he becomes obsessed with a woman called Rosalie Blum (Noémie Lvovsky), who runs a neighbourhood grocery store, and starts to stalk her. But Rosalie is not the run-down, beaten woman she appears to be. She has a plan of her own.
Featuring wonderful performances in all the key roles, this portrayal of life in a regional French city is the most successful film exhibited at the Alliance Française French Film Festival in 27 years.
Rosalie Blum is Julien Rappeneau’s directorial debut and, judging by this little gem, it will be interesting to see what he does next!