French vs. American social customs and behaviors are observed in a story about an American visiting her Frenchman-wed sister in Paris.
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James Ivory
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Title: The Divorce (2003)
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| Kate Hudson | ... | Isabel Walker | |
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Jean-Marie Lhomme | ... | Immigration Officer |
| Naomi Watts | ... | Roxeanne de Persand | |
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Esmée Buchet-Deàk | ... | Gennie de Persand |
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Jean-Jacques Pivert | ... | Talkative Shopkeeper |
| Melvil Poupaud | ... | Charles-Henri de Persand | |
| Catherine Samie | ... | Madame Florian | |
| Samuel Labarthe | ... | Antoine de Persand | |
| Leslie Caron | ... | Suzanne de Persand | |
| Thierry Lhermitte | ... | Edgar Cosset | |
| Nathalie Richard | ... | Charlotte de Persand | |
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Samuel Gruen | ... | de Persand Child |
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Peter Wyckoff | ... | de Persand Child |
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Sandrel Lonnoy | ... | Maid |
| Glenn Close | ... | Olivia Pace | |
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The differences in legalities and cultural mores of French and Americans regarding sex, love, marriage, religion, and family bonds are presented through the interactions of two families related by marriage. American Isabel Walker (Kate Hudson) heads to Paris to visit her half-sister, poet Roxeanne de Persand (Naomi Watts), who is early in the pregnancy of her second child. Isabel arrives to find that Roxy's French husband, Charles-Henri de Persand (Melvil Poupaud), has just left Roxy, the sisters both eventually further learning that it is because he has fallen in love with another woman, who is married. Roxy and Charles-Henri deal with their break-up, which Roxy does not want, but must face the legal consequences of, including determining the ownership of what may be a valuable French painting that has been casually in the Walker family for years, but which Roxy has had in her possession since she got married. Meanwhile, Isabel begins to explore all that France has to offer, which ... Written by Huggo
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Everything sounds sexier in French. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements and sexual content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Roger Walker: She looks like something out of "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!".
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Frédéric Chopin
(incorrectly credited as 'Impromptu, Opus 24 # 3')
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The St. Ursula painting has a dominant female figure whose eyes are clearly looking to her left and her mouth is slightly tightened. At the end of this movie, sisters Roxeanne and Isabel get into a truck for their charity using the St. Ursula name and face as a large image on the back door of the truck. However, the St. Ursula image on the truck is looking straight ahead and with a slight smile. So it's not taken from the painting that has caused such turmoil in this movie. See more »Goofs
When Isabel and Roxy are walking towards the la Flore to meet Roxy's husband, Isabel's scarf is hanging from her pocket. When they walk into la Flore she is wearing it around her neck. See more »Quotes
[after seeing Isabel's new look at the airport]Roger Walker: She looks like something out of "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!".
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Mazurka No.16, Opus 24 # 3Frédéric Chopin
(incorrectly credited as 'Impromptu, Opus 24 # 3')
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Country:
USARelease Date:
29 August 2003 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$516,834, 10 August 2003Gross USA:
$9,081,057Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$12,991,996Company Credits
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"Le Divorce" fails. Despite the beauty of the locales and the talent of the lead actors, the director couldn't decide if this is a Parisian comedy or an adult tale of marital discord gone horrifically askew.
The interaction between the two female leads is good-half-sisters and true soulmates. But their romantic and marital complications come too fast with too little depth and the film is on a train wreck in the making.
And suave, affluent, cheating Frenchmen are a stale staple of these movies. Nothing new or interesting here.
Too bad.
4/10.