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©-DR-PUCCINI FOR BEGINNERS de Maria Maggenti (2007) p4
15/05/2014 16:53
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Titre français : Puccini et moi
Titre original : Puccini for Beginners
Réalisation : Maria Maggenti
Scénario : Maria Maggenti
Musique originale : Terry Dame
Image : Mauricio Rubinstein
Montage : Susan Graef
Création des décors : Aleta Shaffer
Création des costumes : Antonia Xereas
Production : Jake Abraham, Gary Winick, Eden Wurmfeld
Sociétés de production : Eden Wurmfeld Films,
InDigEnt (Independent Digital Entertainment)
Distribution : Strand Releasing (États-Unis, sortie en salles),
Pretty Pictures (France, sortie en salles)
Pays : États-Unis
Langue : anglais
Dates de sortie :États-Unis : 2 février 2007
France : 7 février 2007
Durée : 82 minutes
Format : 1,85:1, couleur
Son : Dolby Digital
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©-DR-PUCCINI FOR BEGINNERS de Maria Maggenti (2007) p5
15/05/2014 17:11
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©-DR-PUCCINI FOR BEGINNERS de Maria Maggenti (2007) p6
15/05/2014 17:18
à droite Gretchen Mol : Grace
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La critique de James Berardinelli
Puccini for Beginners has a lot less to do with opera than it has to do with a sit-com view of life in the Big City. Not that the approach is inherently bad, and director Maria Maggenti has fashioned a reasonably entertaining movie that borrows heavily from Woody Allen, Sex in the City, and Seinfeld. Her view of New York is that of a big neighborhood where there are no crowds, the sidewalks are clean, and people talk to one another. Maggenti, like Allen, has done for New York what so many directors have done for Paris. (And she actually filmed in New York, not in some other city made up to look like it.)°°°
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©-DR-PUCCINI FOR BEGINNERS de Maria Maggenti (2007) p7
15/05/2014 17:25
à gauche Justin Kirk : Philip
La critique de James Berardinelli (suite)
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Our heroine is Allegra (Elizabeth Reaser), a committed lesbian with a phobia about commitment. Her latest girlfriend, Samantha (Julianne Nicholson), is on the way out the door because Allegra won't open up to her. It's a pity, because Allegra likes Samantha a lot. But life moves on and for Allegra that means finding a new partner or two. Strangely, the first person with whom she strikes sparks is a man - Philip (Justin Kirk), who is also newly single.
For Allegra, whose self-definition is wrapped up in her sexuality, falling for a man is a new experience. But her Sapphic tendencies haven't been submerged, as becomes apparent when she meets Grace (Gretchen Mol), with whom she spends nights when she's not sleeping with Philip. There's a twist, however: Grace is Philip's ex, and Allegra doesn't know this - at least to start with.
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©-DR-PUCCINI FOR BEGINNERS de Maria Maggenti (2007) p8
15/05/2014 17:31
La critique de James Berardinelli (suite)
Puccini for Beginners is littered with witty dialogue, although some of it is so obviously scripted that it can become off-putting.Granted,no one in the real world talks with verbal rapiers drawn as they do in Oscar Wilde plays, but Maggenti isn't Wilde. The three main characters - Allegra, Philip, and Grace - are likable, if a little self- absorbed. The film makes some valid points about love and commitment, although there's nothing here that could be considered new.
Fortunately, it's presented in a way that never feels stale or moldy. And the Sapphic angle is more organic than trendy. This is a critical element - it makes Puccini for Beginners a "romantic comedy" (that happens to feature lesbians) rather than a "lesbian romantic comedy." Maggenti's debut feature, The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love, was a lesbian romantic comedy.
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