Something Fishy (film) explained

Pas très catholique
Something Fishy
Director:Tonie Marshall
Starring:Anémone
Cinematography:Dominique Chapuis
Editing:Jacques Comets
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:France
Language:French

Pas très catholique (Not Very Catholic, English title Something Fishy) is a 1994 French comedy film written and directed by Tonie Marshall.[1] [2] [3] It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.[4]

Plot

Years ago Maxime left her husband and child to strike out on her own, out of her upper class background and into a more bohemian lifestyle, chain-smoking and having affairs with lovers of both genders. Now a private detective, her boss tasks Maxime with training the new person (and the boss's lover). She also finds that her path has crossed with her ex-husband and son as a result of her latest case involving real estate fraud and murders.[5]

Cast

Reception

Derek Elley reviewed the film for Variety, writing that "Though dominated by a striking, lived-in performance from Gallic comedienne Anemone, "Something Fishy" is too easygoing for its own good."[6] Carrie Tarr and Brigitte Rollet cover the film in Cinema and the Second Sex, stating that "Marshall's empathy with her original, outspoken heroine is obvious in the endless close-ups of Anémone/Max's aging, unconventionally attractive face and body, and the way she is constantly in shot, by day and by night, in the streets of Paris and in her bedsit or office, on the move and at rest, insolent and melancholy."[7]

In Fifty Years Berlinale Wolfgang Jacobson et al noted that the movie was the "surprise of the competition" at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.[8]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pas très catholique (1994) de Tonie Marshall . L'Oeil sur l'écran . 16 December 2018 . 12 September 2020 . 26 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200926104621/https://films.oeil-ecran.com/2018/12/16/pas-tres-catholique/ . live .
  2. Book: Warren. Jane. A Century of Cinema: Australian and French Connections. Nettelbeck. Colin W.. 1996. Department of French and Italian Studies, University of Melbourne. 978-0-7325-1356-6. 106, 107, 111. en. 2020-12-16. 2022-09-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20220914052307/https://books.google.com/books?id=6ysIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Something+Fishy%22. live.
  3. Web site: Pas très Catholique (review). 2020-10-27. Time Out Worldwide. 10 September 2012 . en. 2020-10-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20201030184343/https://www.timeout.com/movies/pas-tres-catholique. live.
  4. Web site: Pas très catholique – Something Fishy . berlinale.de . 2012-07-30 . 2011-04-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110426194300/http://www.berlinale.de/de/archiv/jahresarchive/1994/02_programm_1994/02_Filmdatenblatt_1994_19941387.php . live .
  5. News: Dupont. Joan. 1994-04-29. THE MOVIE GUIDE : Pas Très Catholique (Published 1994). en-US. The New York Times/The Tribune International Herald. 2020-10-27. 0362-4331. 2020-10-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20201030192049/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/29/style/IHT-the-movie-guide-pas-tres-catholique.html. live.
  6. Web site: Elley. Derek. 1994-03-07. Pas Tres Catholique. 2020-10-27. Variety. en-US. 2020-10-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20201030115645/https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/pas-tres-catholique-1200436439/. live.
  7. Book: Tarr. Carrie. Cinema and the Second Sex: Women's Filmmaking in France in the 1980s and 1990s. Rollet. Brigitte. 2001-11-01. A&C Black. 978-0-8264-4742-5. 213–214. en. 2020-12-16. 2022-09-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20220914052308/https://books.google.com/books?id=gABdCSelJSIC&q=%22Something+Fishy%22+Tonie+Marshall&pg=PA213. live.
  8. Book: Jacobsen, Wolfgang. Fifty Years Berlinale. 2000. Nicolai. 978-3-87584-906-6. 449. en. 2020-12-16. 2022-09-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20220914052308/https://books.google.com/books?id=jd5kAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Something+Fishy%22. live.

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