Amanda

Amanda

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  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2018-11-21
  • Runtime: 107 minutes
  • : 7.1
  • Production Company: Nord-Ouest Films
  • Production Country: France
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7.1/10
7.1
From 292 Ratings

Description

David, who gets by doing odd jobs, meets Léna, who has just moved up to Paris, and falls in love. But soon after, his life is brutally interrupted by the sudden death of his sister. Beyond the shock, and the pain, David now finds himself alone with his young niece Amanda to care for.

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  • CinemaSerf

    7
    By CinemaSerf
    The eponymous seven year old girl (Isaure Multrier) finds her life turned upside down when her mum “Sandrine” is the victim of a terrorist attack in a park leaving her in the care of her young uncle “David” (Vincent Lacoste). He has lived a busy but carefree life pruning trees for the council in Paris, but now not only must he confront his own grief at the loss of a sister with whom he was close, but he has to look after his niece. Unsure whether he should take the responsibility full time, he turns to his neighbour “Léna” (Stacy Martin) on whom he is keen, but who was also injured in the same attack and who is now contemplating moving to the country to live with her mum. The final ingredient in his omelette is his mother. “Alison” (Greta Scacchi) hasn’t seen him for decades and lives in London. Whilst his sister maintained a correspondence with her, he has thus far seen no reason to stay in touch. The last thing he was given by his sister was a trio of tickets to Wimbledon, so perhaps he could still go with “Amanda” and introduce granddaughter and grandmother whilst seeing if bridges can be built? Now, yes, on the face of it these are a pretty contrived series of scenarios, but I thought Lacoste delivered engagingly here as he clearly has a degree of chemistry with both the impressive young Meltrier and the underused Martin. There are maybe one-too-many sequences of Paris by bike, but it’s still quite a delicate portrayal of how grief and shock can impact on a family, regardless of age, and serve to possibly put other things in perspective. It’s a simple story, neatly condensed, nicely scored and I quite enjoyed it.

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