Tante Daniele:

Here is the most popular film in France right now, about an unpleasant old lady who sits up at night thinking about ways to make life difficult for those who love her. She manipulates them with guilt, she deceives them with lies, she appeals to them with piteous tears, and she walks on their flower...

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Other Authors: Chatiliez, Etienne (Director), Welt, Philippe (Cinematographer), Chelton, Tsilla (Actor), Nanty, Isabelle (Actor), Jacob, Catherine (Actor)
Format: Video Software
Language:Undetermined
Published: München Pierrot le Fou 2010
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Summary:Here is the most popular film in France right now, about an unpleasant old lady who sits up at night thinking about ways to make life difficult for those who love her. She manipulates them with guilt, she deceives them with lies, she appeals to them with piteous tears, and she walks on their flower beds. What a crone. And yet Etienne Chatiliez's "Tatie Danielle" plays, perversely, as a comedy: as a two-edged movie about human nature. So often when we speak of movie characters as being "human," we mean that they are nice. We forget that being human can also involve being nasty, vindictive, greedy and scheming. Tatie Danielle is a spoiled old lady who has become expert, after long years of study, at the art of imposing on other people ... The most refreshing thing about "Tatie Danielle" is that it allows an old woman the same freedom as any other movie character, to be unpleasant and mean-spirited. The movies too often sentimentalize old people. They are either wise or childlike, and in either case they seem to have outgrown the weaknesses of youth. Tatie Danielle hasn't. Maybe that's what keeps her alive. [rogerebert.suntimes.com]
Physical Description:[DVD] (110 Min.) dolby digital 2.0

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