Odette Toulemonde is the first feature film directed by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French writer born in 1960, mostly known for his plays. This movie is a fairy tale for little girls who became mature women too fast. If this is your case, or if you are able to appreciate that kind of people, you will be able to appreciate the tenderness and sensitive feelings that emerge from this little movie played well and well realized. You could give this film an 8. Otherwise, your interest will be quickly suppressed and a 4 would be reasonable given that we have certainly seen much worse. Hence the average, for I am torn between these two attitudes vis-à-vis this film ...
Review of Odette Toulemonde
