At First Sight
Original Title
Coup De Foudre / Entre Nous- Director: Diane Kurys
- Writer: Diane Kurys
- Producer: Ariel Zeitoun
CGiii Comment
Yes, we know, all men are bastards...
Well, according to this...the women aren't much better.
Kurys takes too many leaps of faith with the source material...the result is an uneven, one-sided account of marriage.
As the husband says: what a waste.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their children's school in Lyon in 1952 and the intensity of their relationship strains both their marriages to the breaking point.
Cast & Characters
Miou-Miou as Madeleine;
Isabelle Huppert as Lena Weber;
Guy Marchand as Michel Korski;
Jean-Pierre Bacri as Costa Segara;
Robin Renucci as Raymond;
Patrick Bauchau as Carlier;
Jacques Alric as Mr. Vernier;
Jacqueline Doyen as Mme Vernier;
Saga Blanchard as Sophie;
Guillaume Le Guellec as Rene;
Christine Pascal as Sarah;
Jacques Blal as Lionel Feldman;
Bernard Cazassus as Le chef de gare;
Gerard Chambre;
Patricia Champane as Florence