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Actors: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anouk Grinberg, Michel Blanc, Jean Carmet, Annie Girardot, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Jacob
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about 'Merci la Vie' |
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'MERCI LA VIE' (Thank You, Life) is a French movie written and directed by Bertrand Blier in 1990. It earned seven nominations for the 1991 French Academy awards but only Jean Carmet won the César award in the Best Supporting Actor category.
Camille (Gainsbourg) makes the acquaintance of Joëlle (Grinberg) while preparing for her final exams on the Atlantic French coast. Joëlle is an easy girl who is not lucky with the men she encounters: she always gets molested. Both girls decide to hit the road and seduce all the men who will cross their path. We soon understand that Joëlle is suffering from a deadly sexual disease she will spread throughout the country.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of 'Merci la Vie' |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- boatload of casual sex without love
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- full frontal
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Misc setting
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
- seeing full frontal--men
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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