Wild Grass

2.00
    Wild Grass
    2009

    Synopsis

    Marguerite loses her wallet, and it's found by Georges, a seemingly happy head of family. As he looks through the wallet and examines the photos of Marguerite, he finds he's fascinated with her and her life, and soon his curiosity about her becomes an obsession.

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    Cast

    • André DussollierGeorges Palet
    • Sabine AzémaMarguerite Muir
    • Emmanuelle DevosJosepha
    • Mathieu AmalricBernard de Bordeaux
    • Anne ConsignySuzanne Palet
    • Michel VuillermozLucien d'Orange
    • Annie Cordyla dame de l'immeuble de Marguerite
    • Nicolas DuvauchelleJean-Mi
    • Roger PierreMarcel Schwer
    • Paul Crauchetle 1er patient

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Time Out

      Alain Resnais's mind-bending new feature.
    • 90

      The New York Times

      Like its would-be lovers, Wild Grass chases itself in circles as it scrambles genres, examining seeing, thinking, remembering and imagining with a zany awareness. In Georges's words: "After the cinema nothing surprises you. Everything is possible."
    • 83

      Entertainment Weekly

      Wild Grass is itself odd stuff: Sometimes it's as playful as Marguerite's crayon-red corona of frizzy hair, and other times as autumnal as the sight of Georges alone in his study, feeling stuck.
    • 83

      The A.V. Club

      Whatever it is, Wild Grass is so overtly artificial and aggressively trifling that it's bound to put some viewers off, though it's also so bright and funny that it's hard not to be at least a little enchanted. Resnais' music is so sweet, even when his words are nonsense.
    • 80

      Boxoffice Magazine

      Resnais' storytelling is in top form. Turning 88 this June, he's an inspiration to us all.
    • 80

      Empire

      A typically poignant lifestory illuminated by strong turns from Dussollier and Azéma, Alain Resnais' latest is one to stir the brain as well as the heart.
    • 80

      Variety

      The picture is marked by superb performances and a dazzling technical display by the helmer and praiseworthy cinematographer Eric Gautier.
    • 75

      Movieline

      The roots of romantic feeling, as explored in Wild Grass, Alain Resnais's jazzy ode to cinema and the love impulse in later life, are equally, spectacularly random.

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