My Favorite Season

My Favorite Season
by Andr? T?chin?

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Actor: Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Bouvier, Marthe Villalonga
Director: Andr? T?chin?
Cinematographer: Thierry Arbogast
Writer: Andr? T?chin?
Editor: Martine Giordano
Producer: Alain Sarde
Writer: Pascal Bonitzer
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 2.35:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-01-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Fox Lorber

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Movie Review: My Favorite T?chin? Film.
Summary: 5 Stars

Andr? T?chin?'s name is synonymous with great French films. He is best known for My Favorite Season (1993) and Wild Reeds (1994), both of which are included in the recent release of the Andre Techine Boxset. T?chin? describes My Favorite Season (Ma saison pr?f?r?e) as a film "about individuality and the coldness of the modern world." It is ultimately a film about the damaging effects of modern life on human relationships. It tells the poignant story story of world-weary estranged siblings, Emilie (Catherine Deneuve), a lawyer, and Antoine (Daniel Auteuil), a chain-smoking neurosurgeon, who are reunited after three years when their aging mother Berthe (Marthe Villalonga) suffers a stroke. The film triumphs in its mature exploration of the emotional depths of their troubled relationship. Deneuve and Auteuil bring two of the best performances of their careers to the film in their subtle portrayal of middle-aged disillusionment and restlessness. Deneuve's real-life daughter Chiara Mastroianni (Persepolis; Love Songs) plays her emotionally-damaged daughter Anne in the film. This slowly-paced two-hour film delivers a huge emotional payoff in its final scenes. Highly recommended.

G. Merritt

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Summary of My Favorite Season

A troubled family, living in genteel, suburban comfort in the south of France is jolted by the deteriorating health of their elderly grandmother and the reappearance of an absented sibling. Catherine Deneuve plays Emilie, a disillusioned parent and frustrated wife, who finds herself drawn away from her unimaginative husband toward her brother, a jealous and charismatic neurosurgeon. Structured like a novella with four chapters, T?chin?'s film is riddled with long stretches of ponderous, often humorless, philosophical dialogue. Deneuve's Emilie remains inexpressive and remote; she occupies the moral center of the film, but her characterization isn't generous enough to grant us access to her motivations. Daniel Auteuil fares better as brother Antoine--his odd features and intelligent eyes communicate fathomless restlessness and longing. Spectacular, jaw-dropping footage of Southern France provides a gorgeous backdrop for many scenes, lending a depth and resonance that might otherwise be lacking. Bonus: Marcello Mastroianni's daughter Chiara portrays Emilie's daughter; she's a delight to watch and she acquits herself marvelously. --Miles Bethany

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