Not on the Lips
by Alain Resnais
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Actor: Audrey Tautou, Darry Cowl, Isabelle Nanty, Pierre Arditi, Sabine Az?maDirector: Alain Resnais
Brand: Genius
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Fox Lorber
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Movie Review: A Gallic charmer from Resnais
Summary: 4 Stars
One of those French directors who can seemingly turn his hand to any subject, Alain Resnais has made everything from the hauntingly enigmatic 'Last Year At Marienbad' to gangster flick 'Stavisky'. He's toyed with making partial musicals twice before with 'On Connait La Chanon' and 'Life Is A Bed Of Roses', but here he turns out the real deal, with a charming romantic comedy sung and performed by the cream of France's actors. Although filled with perky songs, it's a traditional chamber piece played out in quite claustrophobic interiors. If you enjoyed '8 Women', you'll probably love it.
Summary of Not on the Lips
Alain Renais' (Last Year at Marienbad) delightful new period musical comedy is based on a 1925 Parisian Operetta and stars Audrey Tautou (A Very Long Engagement), Isabelle Nanty (Amelie) and Lambert Wilson (The Matrix sequels).A frothy 1925 operetta, performed by a glittering cast that includes Sabine Azema and Audrey Tautou, might not sound precisely like the great director Alain Resnais's glass of champagne. But Not on the Lips (Pas sur la bouche) is in a line of Resnais films that uses false sets and stylized acting for its effect. This musical farce follows a wife (Azema) trying to keep her husband (Pierre Arditi) from learning that she was actually married once before--to an American who is about to become hubby's business partner. Awkward. Audrey Tautou, in a distinctly supporting role, navigates the trickery of flirtation as she tries to attract lounge lizard-y Jalil Lespert. Azema and Arditi are smooth as glass, but the standout here is Lambert Wilson (the French dude of the Matrix saga) as the tall, cigar-smoking American businessman, who disdains the un-hygenic dangers of kissing on the lips. Wilson's delivery of English phrases and his American-accented French is spot-on--you can hear the joke even if you don't speak French. The lightness of touch is maintained throughout, however gently the director of Last Year at Marienbad may be prodding at the undercurrents of Franco-American hostility (which probably seemed more loaded in 2004 than in 1925) and marital anxiety. --Robert Horton
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