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All About Actresses

2009 · 105 min

A wry, messy backstage comedy that blurs truth and performance, leaving you amused and uneasy as vanity and vulnerability collide.

Overview
A director wants to make a documentary about actresses, all actresses: the popular ones, the unknown ones, the intellectuals, the comedians, the forgotten ones... Filming everything, with or without their consent, the director gets caught up in the game and lets herself be devoured by these women, who are as fragile as they are manipulative.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • celebrity
  • art
  • deception
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
  • ensemble
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Maïwenn
Written by
Maïwenn
Starring
Jeanne Balibar, Romane Bohringer, Julie Depardieu, Mélanie Doutey, Marina Foïs, Estelle Lefébure, Maïwenn, Karin Viard
Music
Gabriel Yared
Cinematography
Pierre Aïm
Runtime
105 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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