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The Art of Breaking Up

2005 · 80 min

A light, talky French romantic comedy that plays like a witty farce of manners, charming rather than demanding.

Directed by
Michel Deville
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Starring
Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Dominique Blanc
Overview
Lucette and Edouard: Two lovers passionate about sex, money and life. He is a spoiled but penniless child who wants it all while she is a celebrated figure of la vie parisienne who knows what she wants and what she is worth. Edouard is marrying a young, pretty and rich heiress. He comes to confess this to Lucette and to make their parting official, but he doesn’t want to leave her. He struggles with all his might to hide his betrayal but her opportunities to learn of it are countless and unpredictable.

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Directed by
Michel Deville
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Starring
Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Dominique Blanc
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • betrayal
    • class
    • deception
    Places
    • big city
    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
    Realism6
    Romance7
    Tension4
    Darkness3
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    romance, comedy
    Directed by
    Michel Deville
    Written by
    Rosalinde Deville, Georges Feydeau
    Starring
    Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Dominique Blanc, Jacques Bonnaffé, Mathieu Demy, Julie Depardieu, Sara Forestier, Stanislas Merhar
    Cinematography
    Pierre-William Glenn
    Runtime
    80 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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