Comedy of Innocence

Comedy of Innocence
by Raoul Ruiz

Our Price: $123.68
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $3.98 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases

Compare Prices for Comedy of Innocence

Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada

DVD Cover Information

Actor: Charles Berling, Edith Scob, Isabelle Huppert, Jeanne Balibar, Nils Hugon
Director: Raoul Ruiz
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Fox Lorber

Movie Reviews of Comedy of Innocence

Movie Review: Isabelle Huppert is the Best Reason to see this film.
Summary: 4 Stars

Though it is one of her lesser films, the best reason to see this film is Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher (Unrated Edition); La Ceremonie). Although her role as a conventional mother in this film is less controversial than her unforgettable role as the sexually-deviant mother in Ma Mere, Huppert nevertheless brings a compelling performance to this psychological mystery. The film reminds me of a Michael Haneke film.

Ra?l Ruiz's Comedy of Innocence (2000) tells the intriguing story of a boy, Camille, who on his 9th birthday declares to his mother Ariane (Huppert), "You're not my mommy," sending the film into the French Twilight Zone from there. Camille then demands to be taken to the home of his real mother, Isabella (Jeanne Balibar), and what's even more surprising, Ariane goes along with her son's request. Before the film's d?nouement, she discovers that Isabella's own son, Paul, drowned two years earlier, raising questions of reincarnation. Although the film held my attention, Huppert's performance is the best reason to see this film.

G. Merritt

Write your own review

Summary of Comedy of Innocence

On his 9th birthday, a young boy suddenly tells his mother that he wants to go home to his "real" mother. This declaration leads to an eerie and engrossing mystery which blurs the boundaries between psychological thriller and ghost story.

"You're not my mommy." These words are uttered with complete certitude by the 9-year-old son of upper-class Parisian Isabelle Huppert; mother and son are about to enter the Twilight Zone. Comedy of Innocence is from the prolific Chilean-born filmmaker Raoul Ruiz, a director less interested in telling conventional stories than he is in playing with the boundaries of what a movie is. The 9-year-old demands to be taken to the home of a stranger (swanlike Jeanne Balibar, from Va savoir), whom he proclaims to be his true mother. Ruiz's command of mood and atmosphere carries the movie through its tantalizing set-up, and Huppert is of course a superb presence. She plays against the expectations of the role, finding the simmering truth beneath. One might hope for a bit more meat in the lackadaisical middle section of the film, but the eventual explanation is intriguing and worth hanging around for. --Robert Horton

Art House & International DVD Video

DVD Video

Movies most talked about in If you want to discover Isabelle Huppert (1953 - )

Cesar & Rosalie
Release date: 2003-02-04; DVD
Best price: $113.99

Going Places
Release date: 2002-01-22; DVD
Best price: $46.98

Le Juge et l'assassin Aka The Judge and The Assassin DVD Region 2 Pal Import [Region 2]
DVD
Best price: $65.99

Violette Noziere (1978) (Original French ONLY Version - No English Optiosn) Image

Violette Noziere (1978) (Original French ONLY Version - No English Optiosn)
Release date: 2007-12-04; DVD
Best price: $25.99
Price in other shops: ~~$34.49~~

Loulou
Release date: 2001-04-24; DVD
Best price: $22.98

Slow Motion ( Sauve qui peut (la vie) ) ( Every Man for Himself ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ] Image

Slow Motion ( Sauve qui peut (la vie) ) ( Every Man for Himself ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]
DVD
Best price: $27.13

Heaven's Gate
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2000-02-29; DVD
Best price: $7.61
Price in other shops: ~~$14.98~~

Lady of the Camelias (La storia vera della signora dalle camelie [Non-US Format, PAL Region 2])
DVD

Coup de Torchon - Criterion Collection
Image Entertainment; Release date: 2001-03-13; DVD
Best price: $18.65
Price in other shops: ~~$29.95~~

Passion (1982) ( Godard's Passion ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2.4 Import - Australia ] Image

Passion (1982) ( Godard's Passion ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2.4 Import - Australia ]
DVD
Best price: $29.99

Similar DVD Movies

That Day
Release date: 2006-06-27; DVD
Best price: $16.76
Price in other shops: ~~$29.95~~

La Vie en Rose (Extended Version)
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2007-11-13; DVD
Best price: $19.35
Price in other shops: ~~$27.95~~

Time Regained
Release date: 2001-03-27; DVD
Best price: $18.35
Price in other shops: ~~$29.95~~

Gabrielle
Genius; Release date: 2006-12-19; DVD
Best price: $8.95
Price in other shops: ~~$24.95~~

Camille Claudel
Release date: 2001-01-23; DVD
Best price: $7.02
Price in other shops: ~~$14.98~~

Queen Margot (La Reine Margot)
Release date: 2003-07-01; DVD
Best price: $4.73
Price in other shops: ~~$14.99~~

Merci Pour le Chocolat
Release date: 2003-04-22; DVD
Best price: $14.04
Price in other shops: ~~$24.95~~

Genealogies of a Crime
Release date: 2005-04-19; DVD
Best price: $12.35
Price in other shops: ~~$24.99~~

Love After Love
Release date: 1999-07-27; DVD
Best price: $2.00
Price in other shops: ~~$29.98~~

La Vie Promise
Release date: 2007-02-20; DVD
Best price: $9.75
Price in other shops: ~~$26.98~~