JEALOUS
| 2018 – 107′ – COMEDY, TAFFF PREMIERES.
Written by: David Foenkinos, Stéphane Foenkinos.
Directed by: David Foenkinos, Stéphane Foenkinos.
Starring: Karin Viard, Anne Dorval, Dara Tombroff, Marie-Jolie Baup, Corentin Fila, Anaïs Demoustier, Thibault De Montalembert, Bruno Todeschini.
Official Competition COLCOA 2018.
In French with English subtitles.
A France Channel release. |
On the heels of a divorce, French teacher, Nathalie Pêcheux, is suddenly thrown into an emotional tailspin. Seeing happiness all around her, the fragile, wounded woman segues, almost overnight, from loving mother into the proverbial green-eyed monster. Breaking all maternal taboos, she becomes insanely jealous of her beautiful 18-year-old, ballerina daughter. Her wrath subsequently aimed at her best friend, her ex-husband and her colleagues at work, Nathalie proceeds to trash the lives of everyone around her. Consummate comedienne Karin Viard, who was nominated for a César Award as Best Actress for her performance, dives into the role of Nathalie with her usual radiance, flawless timing and deadpan delivery, spiraling out of control and going for the jugular, in this hilarious, moving black comedy. An unsettling portrait of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.