Laure Calamy – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

TWO TICKETS TO GREECE – Review by Valerie Kalfrin

July 8, 2023July 9, 2023 Valerie Kalfrin Alexandre Desrousseaux, Antoine Roch, french films, kristin scott thomas, Laure Calamy, Marc Fitoussi, Olivia Côte, Two Tickets to Greece

Two once-inseparable childhood friends reconnect on a vacation to Greece’s Cyclades islands in the French comedy Two Tickets to Greece, a tart yet touching look at how friendships nurture us, even when one thought they’d died on the vine. As teens, Blandine and Magalie listened to the soundtrack to the 1988 film The Big Blue and talked about visiting Amorgos, where the diving movie was filmed. Yet after a falling out, they haven’t spoken for about thirty years.

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FULL TIME – Review by MaryAnn Johanson

February 27, 2023March 5, 2023 MaryAnn Johanson À Plein Temps, Eric Graval, french films, Full Time, Laure Calamy, Mathilde Van de Moortel

I can’t believe it’s taken this long for someone to make a movie about single-motherhood as a relentless heart-in-your-throat ticking-clock thriller. I’m not a mom of any stripe, but I have friends who are single moms, and I’ve seen how absolutely precarious it is, every day, balancing work and child care and a woman’s own sanity.

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FULL TIME – Review by Jennifer Green

January 29, 2023January 29, 2023 Jennifer Green À Plein Temps, Eric Graval, french films, Full Time, Laure Calamy, Mathilde Van de Moortel

Full Time (À Plein Temps) is a movie that is so well-structured and so naturally acted it completely absorbs you. Its rapid-fire pace, especially through the first hour, is supported by an extremely efficient editing that trims away anything superfluous and leaves a lean, quick and meaningful film where every scene matters, even the flash of maids whipping apron ties closed. Look away and you miss something.

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MY DONKEY, MY LOVER AND I – Review by Leslie Combemale

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 Leslie Combemale Caroline Vignal, french films, Laure Calamy, My Donkey, My Lover & I, Simon Beaufils

When teacher Antoinette Lapouge (Laure Calamy) takes the stage with her class of 8-year-olds to sing what can only be described as a completely inappropriate love song to a parent assembly dressed in a low-cut silver lamé gown, it’s clear she’s a bit of an emotional fruit loop. Her students sing the verse, but she joins in, dress clinging, passionately singing the chorus. Boundary-issues alert! This is the opening scene of writer/director Caroline Vignal’s comedy of self-discovery My Donkey, My Lover & I.