Le Cou de la girafe
2004 Comedy / Drama   
 
Credits
  • Director: Safy Nebbou
  • Script: Safy Nebbou, Danièle Thompson, Agnès Yobregat
  • Photo: Romain Winding
  • Music: Pascal Gaigne
  • Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire (Hélène), Claude Rich (Paul), Louisa Pili (Mathilde), Darry Cowl (Léo), Philippe Leroy (Maxime), Maurice Chevit (Maurice), Monique Mélinand (Madeleine), Marie Mergey (Émilie), Geneviève Rey-Penchenat (Marguerite), Paul Pavel (M. Achraf), Françoise Jamet (Lucie), Sarah Boreo (Renée), Arlette Didier (Josette), Stéphane Bissot (Stéphanie)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 84 min
  • Aka: The Giraffe's Neck
 
 
 
Summary
Since her parents' separation, nine-year-old Mathilde lives with her mother Hélène.  Her only true friend is her grandfather, who is confined to a nursing home.  One day, whilst rummaging in a mattress, Mathilde finds a letter addressed to Paul from his former wife, who left when Hélène was ten.  One night, she goes to visit Paul and persuades him to track down his ex-wife...

Review
Yet another a barrel load of syrupy sentimentality from a first-time film director involving a child and her grandfather doing highly improbable, and slightly disturbing, things together.  There’s a lot of talent on both sides of the camera (but very little in the script department), yet this is largely wasted since the end result is a soggy mush of unconvincing triple strength saccharine that would be hilarious if it wasn't so painful to watch.
 

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