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Look at Me

Posted on May 17, 2005June 28, 2021 by Village Vidiot

  “Look at Me,” theater, May 17. 2005 (2004), subtitled.    This is a fine French film about Lolita, the overweight daughter of a renowned novelist with a trophy wife barely older than the daughter. She is desperate for her father’s affection (he’s narcissistic and so is she). Indeed, her unpleasant characteristics are part of the film’s strength. She’s tried acting and now wants to be a singer. Her voice coach tolerates her and uses her connection to get her novelist boyfriend/husband in with the father. The film examines narcissism without simply trashing those who become stars. Indeed, it’s really a study in the tensions induced by success, the drive for it, the people left behind, the willingness of someone to care for a person because of who they are, not what they can do for you. It’s a wonderful, complex, genuine, meaningful movie. See this one

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