LOOK AT ME aka COMME UNE IMAGE

Year: 2004
USA: Sony Pictures Classics
UK: Pathe Distribution
Cast: Marilou Berry, Agnes Jaoui, Laurent Grevill, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Virginie Desarnauts, Keine Bouhiza, Gregoire Oestermann, Serge Riaboukine, Michele Moretti, Emma Beziaud, Guillaume Huet, Julien Baumgartner, Jean-Pierre Lazzerini, Olivier Claverie, Olivier Doran, Yves Verhoeven, Samir Guesmi, Bernard Blancan, Nathalie Krebs, Dimitri Rataud, Erick Desmarestz, Emilie Lafarge, Olivia Lancelot, Catherine Morin, Camille Dereux, Didier Brice, Elodie Clairin, Olivier Chenevat, Philippe Tran, Alain Debruyne, Jacques Boko, Mahe Goufan, Laurent Bury, Camille Dereux, Caroline Duliege, Alice Fagard, Sophie Fejoz, Romeo Fidanza, Le Guillou, Arnaud Pean, Alexandra Wojciechowska, Jacques Loiseau, Roberte Kiehl, Jean-Baptiste Blanc
Director: Agnes Jaoui
Country: France
Language: French (English subtitles)
USA & UK: 110 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for brief language and a sexual reference
UK Certificate: 12A contains one use of strong language
USA Release Date: 1 April 2005 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 5 November 2004

Synopsis

Lolita (Marilou Berry) is 20 years old, over-weight and under-confident. She is desperate for attention and approval from her father etienne (Jean-Pierre Bacri) to the point of an obsession that threatens to consume both her and anyone who tries to befriend her. Etienne is monstrously egocentric and, as a successful novelist surrounded by friends who indulge his unpleasantness and pander to his every whim, he has no discernible need to treat his daughter - or even his beautiful young wife Karine (Virginie Desarnauts) - with either respect or kindness. Into this tangled web over the course of one summer fall Sylvia (Agnes Jaoui), Lolita's singing teacher, her husband Pierre (Laurent Grevill) whose writing is admired by etienne, and Sebastien (Keine Bouhiza), a young man whom Lolita meets by chance in the street.... resulting in a sophisticated, funny and engaging film from the Oscar-nominated director of LE GOUT DES AUTRES aka THE TASTE OF OTHERS.

Winner of the Best Screenplay award at Cannes, LOOK AT ME aka COMME UNE IMAGE explores notions of self-image, the misplaced perceptions we have of others, the corrupting influence of fame, and above all the way in which the ties that bind us can so easily work to hold us back. It boasts an ensemble of excellent performances and a superb classical score.

DVD EXTRAS

DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Sound Quality: French 5.1
DVD Subtitles: English
Making of documentary (60 min)
Photo gallery