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Love the Hard Way

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Mar 19, 2004

Running Time: 114 mins.

Additional Notes: dialogue French, subtitled English

Country Of Origin: France

starring: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Yvan Attal, Grégori Dérangère, Peter Coyote, Jean-Marc Stehle, Aurore Clement, Xavier de Guillebon, Edith Scob

director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau

At the start of World War II, the fate of the free world hangs in the balance at the posh Hotel Splendide in Bordeaux. Cabinet members, journalists, physicists, and spies of all persuasions gather in order to escape the Nazi occupation of Paris. High society socialites hobnob with jailbirds. Murderous intrigues, scientific secrets and love affairs flourish. Amidst all of this, a young man must choose between a beautiful diva and an impassioned student, between politicians and hoodlums, between carefree youth and adulthood.

March 19, 2004

Playing the 1940 Nazi occupation of Paris for laughs is a risky proposition that director and co-writer Jean-Paul Rappeneau pulls off in high style. Taking refuge in a hotel in Bordeaux are a movie diva (Isabelle Adjani), a politico (Gerard Depardieu), a spy (Peter Coyote), a babe student (Virginie Ledoyan) and a young writer (Gregori Derangere is a newcomer to watch) all thrown together by crisis and unexpected romance. It’s sexy, suspenseful fun, and gorgeous-looking to boot.

PETER TRAVERS
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