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Trouble at Timpetill

Trouble at Timpetill

Fantasy · Adventure · Family · 2008

The children of a small European mountain village end up being its only residents, soon after the adults cannot take their behavior any longer.

Movie details

Trouble at Timpetill

2008 Fantasy · Adventure · Family 2h 13m

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

The children of a small European mountain village end up being its only residents, soon after the adults cannot take their behavior any longer.

CriticWise case file

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Nicolas Bary

Written by

Fabrice Roger-Lacan · Nicolas Peufaillit · Nicolas Bary

Raphaël Katz

Raphaël Katz

Manfred

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Marianne

Léo Legrand

Léo Legrand

Thomas

Carole Bouquet

Carole Bouquet

Mme Drohne

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

Le général Igor

Armelle

Armelle

Corbac

Baptiste Bétoulaud

Baptiste Bétoulaud

Oscar Le Rouge

Court is in session

Put Trouble at Timpetill on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

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 Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

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