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Everything Went Fine

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Everything Went Fine

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Summary

Drama starring Sophie Marceau and André Dussollier. Shortly after he suffers a stroke, Emmanuèle's father asks her if she will help him end his life. It's a difficult request for a daughter to take on, but, as Emmanuèle discovers, it's also just another facet of her complicated family life.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

James Mottram

This drama from French director François Ozon is a masterful meditation on mortality. It's also a hugely personal project for the film-maker, as it adapts the memoir of Emmanuèle Bernheim, the screenwriter he worked with earlier in his career on Swimming Pool (2003) and 5x2 (2004), and who passed away in 2017. Sophie Marceau plays Emmanuèle, who is attempting to come to terms with the demands of her ailing father (André Dussollier). After a debilitating stroke has left him unable to enjoy life, he requests that she help him undergo assisted suicide. Taking great care in bringing Emmanuèle's story to the screen, Ozon circumvents debating the ethics of euthanasia, instead focusing on the practicalities of undertaking this long goodbye despite the potential legal ramifications. Sensitive but never sentimental, right down to the deliberately prosaic title, this is a deeply humane story driven by warm performances, including a lovely cameo from one-time Rainer Werner Fassbinder muse Hanna Schygulla.

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6.8/10

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Cast

rolenameEmmanuèleSophie MarceauAndréAndré DussollierPascaleGéraldine PailhasSergeÉric CaravacaClaudeCharlotte RamplingLa dame suisseHanna Schygulla

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rolenameDirectorFrançois Ozon

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Theatrical distributor

Curzon

Released on

2022-06-17

Languages

English | German | French

Guidance

Violence, swearing

Formats

Colour

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