Rien à faire (1999)
In this low-key drama from France, Marie (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) has been laid off for over a year; depressed and with little to do, she drifts through the aisles of a supermarket, aimlessly doing her shopping. She bumps into Pierre (Patrick Dell'Isola); they strike up a conversation and she discovers that he worked for the same firm and was also let go, about a month ago. They keep running into each other at the market and strike up a friendship that grows into an affair. But Marie and Pierre are both married, and neither wants their spouses to know; this relationship has less to do with love than with a need to fill up the empty hours of the day and restore their damaged self-esteems. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Patrick Dell'Isola, (more)
- Director(s):
- Marion Vernoux
Synopsis of Rien à faire
In this low-key drama from France, Marie (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) has been laid off for over a year; depressed and with little to do, she drifts through the aisles of a supermarket, aimlessly doing her shopping. She bumps into Pierre (Patrick Dell'Isola); they strike up a conversation and she discovers that he worked for the same firm and was also let go, about a month ago. They keep running into each other at the market and strike up a friendship that grows into an affair. But Marie and Pierre are both married, and neither wants their spouses to know; this relationship has less to do with love than with a need to fill up the empty hours of the day and restore their damaged self-esteems. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Complete Cast of Rien à faire
- Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi - Marie
- Sergi López - Luis
- Patrick Dell'Isola - Pierre
- Florence Thomassin - Sophie
- Director(s):
- Marion Vernoux
- Writer(s):
- Santiago Amigorena, Marion Vernoux
- Producer(s):
- Pascal Verroust, Alain Rozanes
- 1999 - Venice International Film Festival - Gold Medal of the Presidency of the Senate
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