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Des mains en or

2023 · 90 min

A gentle, feel-good French comedy about unlikely friendship, with a warm heart and a light touch.

Overview
Philippe is a well-known writer, whose life was going smoothly: a surgeon wife, a circle of high-ranking friends, a Parisian mansion... And above all, an imminent entry into the Académie Française. Except that Philippe suffers from terrible back pain that plagues his life. When he meets the incredible Martha, who picks him up after a car accident on the roads of Normandy, his vision of the world changes. With her gentle madness and her healing hands, this woman who seems so free is especially concerned with treating others, even if it means forgetting herself. Between these two characters that everything opposes, a surprising friendship is woven, with the opportunity for them to finally seize the best that life can offer them.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • healing
  • class
  • identity
  • aging
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Isabelle Mergault
Written by
Isabelle Mergault, Jean-Pierre Hasson
Starring
Lambert Wilson, Josiane Balasko, Sylvie Testud, Nicolas Briançon, Marie Petiot, Caroline Loeb, Jean-Louis Barcelona, Béatrice Facquer
Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
France
Languages
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