Jeanne and the Perfect Guy
aka Jeanne et le garçon formidable
First screened in April 2020
Directors: Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau. Cast: Virginie Ledoyen, Mathieu Demy, Jacques Bonnaffé, Frédéric Gorny, Valérie Bonneton, David Saracino, Nelly Borgeaud, René Morard, Denis Podalydès, Michel Raskine, Damien Dodane, Emmanuelle Goizé, Laurent Arcaro, Jean-Marc Roulot, Olivier Bony, Axelle Lafont, Johanna Menuteau, Grégory Sauvion, Nicolas Seguy, Marief Guittier, Judith Guittier, Christiane Millet, Sylvain Prunenec, Linh Bui My, Paul Nguyen, Fabrice Ramalingon, Amy Bamba, Mohamed Damraoui, Jean-François Deleray, Gino Sitson. Screenplay: Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau.

Twitter Capsule: HIV-related musical, with emotional tones wider-ranging than its lollipop palette. Interesting at edges.

VOR:   Imitating as singular an artist as Jacques Demy can really heighten one's weak areas, but Jeanne isn't just imitative. Welcome risks in storytelling.



Photo © 1998 Les Films du Requin/Canal+/France 2 Cinéma/
M6 Films/Orsans Productions, © 1999 Strand Releasing

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B


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