From the Land of the Moon (film)

From the Land of the Moon
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Nicole Garcia
Produced by Alain Attal
Screenplay by Nicole Garcia
Jacques Fieschi
Based on From the Land of the Moon
by Milena Agus
Starring Marion Cotillard
Louis Garrel
Alex Brendemühl
Music by Daniel Pemberton
Cinematography Christophe Beaucarne
Edited by Simon Jacquet
Production
company
Les Productions du Trésor
Distributed by StudioCanal
Release date
  • 15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) (Cannes)
  • 19 October 2016 (2016-10-19) (France)
Running time
 120 minutes
Country France
Language French
Budget $10.5 million[1]
Box office 5.1 million[2]

From the Land of the Moon (French: Mal de pierres, literally "evil stones") is a 2016 French film written and directed by Nicole Garcia and starring Marion Cotillard. The film is adapted from an Italian novel by Milena Agus. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival,[3] and received eight nominations for the César Awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Nicole Garcia, and Best Actress for Marion Cotillard.[4]

Plot

At the end of WWII, a woman enters a marriage of convenience to a man who had shown kindness to her family during the war. Sickly from kidney stones, she travels to a fancy clinic for treatment and falls in love with a veteran she meets there. After they part, she considers whether to build a family with the man who loves her or re-kindle the lost bond with the man she loved while briefly away from home.

Cast

Director and stars at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

Release

In May 2015, StudioCanal acquired distribution rights to the film in United Kingdom, France, Germany and Australia.[5] In March 2016, Sundance Selects acquired U.S distribution rights to the film.[6]

Reception

The film was nominated for several awards at the Cannes Film Festival and elsewhere in Europe, including for Cotillard's performance and the cinematography by .

American critics were less enthusiastic in their response. For instance, Alan Zilberman of the Washington Post said, "Moments of visual beauty only call attention to the stilted dialogue and maudlin plot that otherwise define the film."[7] Sheri Linden of the Los Angeles Times said, "Marion Cotillard shines", but director Garcia's "lush period drama equates hyper-romance with both self-realization and delusion, a proposition that proves more muddled than illuminating."[8]

Honors

Award / Film Festival Category Recipients and nominees Result
Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Nicole Garcia Nominated
César Awards[4] Best Film Nicole Garcia Nominated
Best Director Nicole Garcia Nominated
Best Actress Marion Cotillard Nominated
Best Cinematography Christophe Beaucarne Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Nicole Garcia, Jacques Fieschi Nominated
Best Costume Design Catherine Leterrier Nominated
Best Editing Simon Jacquet Nominated
Best Sound Jean-Pierre Duret, Sylvain Malbrant, Jean-Pierre Laforce Nominated
Globes de Cristal Award[9] Best Film Nicole Garcia Nominated
Lumières Award[10] Best Actress Marion Cotillard Nominated
Best Cinematography Christophe Beaucarne Nominated
World Soundtrack Awards[11] Film Composer of the Year Daniel Pemberton Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Assayas, Dumont, Garcia and Guiraudie: Four aces for the Palme d'Or". Cineuropa.
  2. ↑ "Mal de pierres (From the Land of the Moon)". www.boxofficemojo.com.
  3. ↑ BACLE, ARIANA. "Cannes Film Festival reveals 2016 lineup". Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 "2017 César Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (16 May 2015). "Cannes: Marion Cotillard Drama 'Moon' Lures Studiocanal (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Seetoodah, Ramin (29 March 2016). "Marion Cotillard's 'From the Land of the Moon' Sells to Sundance Selects (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  7. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/from-the-land-of-the-moon-cotillard-emotes-but-about-what-exactly/2017/08/03/e87b1bf8-7623-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.33a9b8f55b58 Alan Zilberman, "‘From the Land of the Moon’: Cotillard emotes, but about what, exactly?"], Washington Post, 3 August 2017; accessed 8 August 2018
  8. ↑ Sheri Linden, "Marion Cotillard shines in an otherwise rocky 'From the Land of the Moon'", Los Angeles Times, 2 August 2017; accessed 08 August 2018
  9. ↑ "11ème Cérémonie des Globes de Cristal : découvrez la liste des nommés". Globes de Cristal. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "2017 Lumiere Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "World Soundtrack Awards 2016 – Nominations". SoundTrackFest. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
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