No Love Lost

2023 1h 31m FR

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6.1

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★6.1TMDB · 58

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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A single father, Étienne, is preparing for his daughter Rosa to leave home, but his life is upended when he sees his long-lost wife, Valérie, on TV, forcing a confrontation with the past.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
Etienne
Céleste Brunnquell
Rosa
Maud Wyler
Hélène
Mohammed Louridi
Youssef
Mercedes Dassy
Valérie
Alexandre Steiger
Camille Rutherford
Noémie Lvovsky
The Mayor

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Erwan Le Duc
Writers: Erwan Le Duc
Languages: French
Countries: France

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1 / 5

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Julie Dupré shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Céleste Brunnquell and Maud Wyler carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt26256216 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 58 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Erwan Le Duc directs. Julie Dupré cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

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1Released 3 years ago.
2Editor Julie Dupré shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
3Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Céleste Brunnquell and Maud Wyler carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt26256216 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 58 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Julie Dupré
Costume design: Élisa Ingrassia
Makeup / hair: Aurélie Cerveau
Sound: Vincent Cosson
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Status: Released
Box office: $579,413
Original language: FR
IMDB: No Love Lost (2023)

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CinemaSerf2025-01-19
★ 7/10
I did struggle a little at the start of this believing that "Etienne" (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) could actually be the father of "Rosa" (Céleste Brunnquell). Though there are sixteen years between them in real life, he looked way more like her brother! Anyway, it transpires that she was the result of a loving relationship with "Valérie" (Mercedes Dassy) but for some reason that woman upped and left whilst the girl was but a child. This has led these two to build quite a formidable and frank relationship. "Rosa" is dating "Youssef" (Mohammed Louridi) who rather entertainingly insists on creeping in and out of their house even though he is clearly visible to her father, the neighbours and probably the people on the ISS, too. He claims it's because he wants her to feel it's more akin to a traditional wooing, is adamant that they sleep together without sex and that leads us to one of the best scenes in the film between dad and frustrated beau. It begins to dawn on both of them that their lives are changing, that she will soon set off on her own and that leads to a creeping degree of unwelcome melodrama here. The dynamic between the father/daughter/boyfriend is quite an humorous one but once we set off on the more traditionally flawed familial drama, the whole thing starts to lose it's charm as it becomes a little dull and predictable. I did enjoy Biscayart's performance here as a dad who's determined to do whatever it takes to make his daughter happy whilst clearly longing for that for himself too, and Louridi steals his scenes with some pithy and honest dialogue and his omnipresent notebook that did make me smile. It runs out of steam, but is still quite an enjoyably characterful watch. It might also make you check if you have thin walls, too.

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