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All About Actresses

All About Actresses

Comedy · Drama · 2009

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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All About Actresses

2009 Comedy · Drama 1h 45m

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5.9 / 10

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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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Names above the title

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Directed by

Maïwenn

Written by

Maïwenn

Jeanne Balibar

Jeanne Balibar

Jeanne Balibar

Romane Bohringer

Romane Bohringer

Romane Bohringer

Julie Depardieu

Julie Depardieu

Julie Depardieu

Mélanie Doutey

Mélanie Doutey

Mélanie Doutey

Marina Foïs

Marina Foïs

Marina Foïs

Estelle Lefébure

Estelle Lefébure

Estelle Lefébure

Maïwenn

Maïwenn

Maïwenn

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The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.