Film No 112 (2018) Dec. 19th. 1.10PM LUNA SX Fremantle .
"We didn't elect you to undress us" (Local grouch and chemist lets mayor Georges know his thoughts on the photographic concept).
For those who loved Calendar Girls (U.K. 2003), Normandie Nue could very well be just "the ticket". It's light, comic in places (less than the trailer depicted) and altogether feel goodish. Using the idea of a french rural community doing it tough and the concept of raising morale, profile and eventually finances by photographing the populous naked in a field, Normandie Nue comes to life. The problem for me is that N.N. is just silly; so while mayor Georges (Francios Cluzet) is the nub by which all the characters are developed, there is a lack of chemistry between them. A naive butcher not wanting his voluptuous wife to bare all was comic in nature, at first, then suddenly he's wielding a sharp knife. Just one example of the silliness that blanketed this light, french caper comedy, or is it a drama? I'm still not sure. 7GUMS.
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