Marguerite (2016)
85%RT Audience Score: 72%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Touching, funny, and thoughtful, Marguerite honors its real-life inspiration with a well-acted and ultimately inspirational look at the nature of art and the value of a dream
Marguerite is a film that will make you laugh, cry, and cringe all at the same time. Catherine Frot’s performance as the tone-deaf Marguerite is both hilarious and heartbreaking, and the cinematography perfectly captures the film’s melancholic tone. While the film may drag on at times, it’s worth watching for Frot’s incredible performance alone. Overall, Marguerite is a must-see for anyone who loves a good tragicomedy.
Production Company(ies)
Preferred Content Sundial Pictures,
Distributor
Cohen Media Group
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Year of Release
2016
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:NA
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Runtime:2h 9m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:Belgium, Czech Republic, France
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Mar 11, 2016 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 2, 2016
Genre(s)
Comedy
Keyword(s)
Marguerite, Catherine Frot, André Marcon, Michel Fau, Christa Théret, Denis Mpunga, Sylvain Dieuaide, Xavier Giannoli, Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier, Marcia Romano, Comedy, French, R, Box Office, Budget, Reviewed by Tara Brady, Jake Wilson, Sandra Hall, David Stratton, Tom Long, Moira MacDonald, Nicholas Bell, Richard Propes, Julian Lytle, Daniel Barnes, Matthew Anderson, Bertie Archer, Inspirational, Art, Singing, Passion, Tragedy, Delusion, Entitlement, Denial, Truth, Peacock, Tableaux, Cinematography, Glynn Speeckaert, Cohen Media Group
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Budget and Earnings Details
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André Marcon – Georges Dumont
Michel Fau – Atos Pezzini
Christa Théret – Hazel
Denis Mpunga – Madelbos
Sylvain Dieuaide – Lucien Beaumont
Xavier Giannoli – Director/Writer
Olivier Delbosc – Producer
Marc Missonnier – Producer
Marcia Romano – Writer
Director(s)
Xavier Giannoli
Writer(s)
Xavier Giannoli, Marcia Romano
Producer(s)
Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier
Film Festivals
Venice, Telluride
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (109) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (104) | Rotten (5)
Marguerite’s unspeakable voice is counterpointed by cinematographer Glynn Speeckaert’s exquisitely composed tableaux. And the denouement yields more than one surprise.
August 8, 2016 | Rating: 5/5
Tara Brady
Irish Times
TOP CRITIC
Frot gives Marguerite a grandeur, but also an anxious, lost quality, emphasised by Glynn Speeckaert’s cinematography with its heavy shadows and tendency to isolate Frot in the middle of the wide screen.
April 21, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/5
Jake Wilson
The Age (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
It’s a tale of great sadness — about somebody enchanted by a world she’s forever barred from entering.
April 21, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
Marguerite — despite its longueurs — offers much to enjoy, particularly Frot’s ripe, passionate performance.
April 15, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/5
David Stratton
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
“Marguerite” is a dark delight, a cringe comedy that skirts tragedy throughout, examining delusion, entitlement, denial and the question of whether the truth is essential.
April 8, 2016 | Rating: A-
Tom Long
Detroit News
TOP CRITIC
Frot’s performance, as a woman so caught up in the joy of music that she doesn’t quite understand how bad she is, is particularly delightful, and often quite moving.
April 7, 2016 | Rating: 3/4
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
TOP CRITIC
Inventively comedic, its droll moments of melodrama reflect bleak social commentary as well as a successfully mocking character portrait, Marguerite is Giannoli’s strongest title to date.
September 30, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5
Nicholas Bell
IONCINEMA.com
Would be worth watching if only for the performance of Frot.
September 15, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
What this film is is a good period drama about people living their lives.
January 10, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Julian Lytle
Punch Drunk Critics
The amazing accomplishment of Catherine Frot’s performance is that we both laugh at and pity Marguerite, and regard her celebrity as both a travesty and a tragedy.
April 12, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5
Daniel Barnes
Dare Daniel
This is a poignant, simultaneously jubilant and deeply sad championing of singing like nobody’s listening.
April 9, 2019 | Rating: 3/5
Matthew Anderson
CineVue
Frot is Marguerite, and Marguerite is Frot – her central rendition is the extraordinary performance of a lifetime, capturing the beauty and innocence behind the voice of a peacock.
April 6, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Bertie Archer
One Room With A View…
Plot
In 1921 France, a wealthy woman follows her passion to sing in front of audiences, but no one tells her how bad she is in Marguerite.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels praises Catherine Frot’s “ripe, passionate performance” as Marguerite Dumont.
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