My Worst Nightmare

My Worst Nightmare
Directed by Anne Fontaine
Screenplay by Anne Fontaine
Nicolas Mercier
Starring Benoît Poelvoorde
Isabelle Huppert
André Dussollier
Music by Bruno Coulais
Cinematography Jean-Marc Fabre
Edited by Luc Barnier
Nelly Ollivault
Distributed by Pathé
Release dates
  • 9 November 2011 (France)
Running time
 103 minutes
Country France
Belgium
Language French

My Worst Nightmare ("Mon pire cauchemar") is a 2011 film written and directed by Anne Fontaine, starring Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Poelvoorde and André Dussollier.

Plot

Agathe is a successful art dealer who lives with her husband François and their son Adrien in a wealthy quarter of Paris. Unfortunately Adrien is an underachiever at his school and Agathe cannot bother François into leaving the flat for parent-teacher conferences. Moreover the family has an abandoned construction site in their flat. The situation gets stirred up when Adrien befriends a classmate who has a rather dubious social background. His friend is raised by a single father named Patrick who has neither a proper home nor tact. Although Agathe is obviously distressed by Patrick's unpolished behaviour, her husband François just hires him to take care of the overdue repairs. François and Patrick even become friends. Then François hits successfully on a woman Patrick had wanted for himself and leaves Agathe. Patrick and Agathe are both left back. Agathe develops empathy for this man who au contraire to her husband is dedicated to do everything necessary to make sure his son can attend a respected school.

Cast

Critical reception

"My worst nightmare" was evaluated as an "utterly conventional French bourgeois comedy".[1] Still it was also considered "watchable" just because of its cast.[2] [3] Isabelle Huppert was in particular praised for making Agathe's transformation believable.[4] Benoît Poelvoorde's performance was recognised a "often hilarious".[5] Diego Costa wrote for Slant Magazine "My worst nightmare" was coined by a very Frenchkind of humor which could "go right over American audience's heads".[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Knipp, Chris (2012-10-19). "Review: My Worst Nightmare". filmleaf.com. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  2. ↑ Filipski, Kevin (2012-10-19). "Review: My Worst Nightmare". film-forward.com. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  3. ↑ Dreyer Kramer, Kristin (2011-09-10). "Review: My Worst Nightmare". nightsandweekends.com. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  4. ↑ Brinks, Sarah (2013-02-11). "Home Video Hovel: My worst nightmare". battleshippretension.com. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  5. ↑ Nusair, David (2011-09-10). "Review: My Worst Nightmare". reelfilm.com. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  6. ↑ Costa, Diego (2012-10-17). "Review: My Worst Nightmare". slantmagazine.com. Retrieved 2013-06-20.

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