From the Land of the Moon (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = From the Land of the Moon
| image = Mal de pierres.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Mal de pierres}}
| director = Nicole Garcia
| producer = Alain Attal
| writer = Nicole Garcia
Jacques Fieschi
| based_on = {{based on|From the Land of the Moon|Milena Agus}}
| starring = Marion Cotillard
Louis Garrel
Alex Brendemühl
| music = Daniel Pemberton
| cinematography = Christophe Beaucarne
| editing = Simon Jacquet
| studio = Les Productions du Trésor
| distributor = StudioCanal
| released = {{film date|2016|5|15|Cannes|2016|10|19|France|df=yes}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget = €10.5 million{{cite web|url=http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=307436|title=Assayas, Dumont, Garcia and Guiraudie: Four aces for the Palme d'Or |work=Cineuropa |date=15 April 2016}}
| gross = $6.5 million{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl738428417/weekend/|title=From the Land of the Moon|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=18 July 2022}}
}}
From the Land of the Moon ({{langx|fr|Mal de pierres}}, literally "disease of the stones") is a 2016 French film written and directed by Nicole Garcia and starring Marion Cotillard. The film is adapted from the 2006 Italian novella by Milena Agus. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival,{{cite magazine|last1=BACLE|first1=ARIANA|title=Cannes Film Festival reveals 2016 lineup|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/14/cannes-film-festival-2016-lineup|accessdate=14 April 2016}} and received eight nominations for the César Awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Nicole Garcia, and Best Actress for Marion Cotillard.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2017-cesar-awards-nominations-969056|title=2017 César Awards Nominations|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=26 January 2017|accessdate=27 January 2017}}
Plot
At the end of WWII, a woman enters a marriage of convenience to a man who had shown kindness to her family during the war. Sickly from kidney stones, she travels to a fancy clinic for treatment and falls in love with a veteran she meets there. After they part, she considers whether to build a family with the man who loves her or re-kindle the lost bond with the man she loved while briefly away from home.
Cast
- Marion Cotillard as Gabrielle
- Louis Garrel as André Sauvage
- Àlex Brendemühl as José
- Brigitte Roüan as Adèle
- Victoire Du Bois as Jeannine
- Aloïse Sauvage as Agostine
- Daniel Para as Martin
- Jihwan Kim as Blaise
- Victor Quilichini as 14-year-old Marc
Release
In May 2015, StudioCanal acquired distribution rights to the film in United Kingdom, France, Germany and Australia.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/cannes-marion-cotillard-drama-moon-lures-studiocanal-exclusive-1201497353/|title=Cannes: Marion Cotillard Drama 'Moon' Lures Studiocanal (EXCLUSIVE)|work=Variety|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy|date=16 May 2015|accessdate=21 April 2016}} In March 2016, Sundance Selects acquired U.S distribution rights to the film.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/marion-cotillard-from-the-land-of-the-moon-sundance-selects-1201741512/|title=Marion Cotillard's 'From the Land of the Moon' Sells to Sundance Selects (EXCLUSIVE)|work=Variety|first=Ramin|last=Seetoodah|date=29 March 2016|accessdate=21 April 2016}}
Reception
=Critical response=
The film was nominated for several awards at the César Awards and elsewhere in Europe, including for Cotillard's performance and the cinematography by Christophe Beaucarne.
For Time Out, reviewer Geoff Andrew commented that the film "starts fairly stodgily but then turns into something interesting, even a little unusual", a "tale of amour fou – loving the ideal of love, rather than an individual – and so Gabrielle is driven to distraction. Crucially, Garcia respects her dreams and desires, which are at odds with the mores of the time, but she doesn't romanticise the woman. The result, despite an uncertain start, is in the end a surprisingly intriguing and affecting movie."[https://www.timeout.com/movies/from-the-land-of-the-moon Andrew, Geoff. Review - From the Land of the Moon. Time Out, 16 May 2016], accessed 1 December 2024.
American critics were less enthusiastic in their response. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 32% based on reviews from 56 critics, with an average score of 4.73/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "From the Land of the Moon benefits from striking visuals and strong work from Marion Cotillard, but they're both ultimately overcome by a story that drifts into wan melodrama."{{cite web |title= From the Land of the Moon (Mal de pierres) (2017) |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_the_land_of_the_moon/ |website= Rotten Tomatoes |access-date= 22 May 2020 }} On Metacritic the film has a score of 40 out of 100, based on reviews from 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".{{cite web |title=From the Land of the Moon |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/from-the-land-of-the-moon/critic-reviews |website=Metacritic}} Alan Zilberman of the Washington Post said, "Moments of visual beauty only call attention to the stilted dialogue and maudlin plot that otherwise define the film."[https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/from-the-land-of-the-moon-cotillard-emotes-but-about-what-exactly/2017/08/03/e87b1bf8-7623-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html?noredirect=on Alan Zilberman, "‘From the Land of the Moon’: Cotillard emotes, but about what, exactly?"], Washington Post, 3 August 2017; accessed 8 August 2018 Sheri Linden of the Los Angeles Times said, "Marion Cotillard shines", but director Garcia's "lush period drama equates hyper-romance with both self-realization and delusion, a proposition that proves more muddled than illuminating."[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-from-land-moon-review-20170802-story.html Sheri Linden, "Marion Cotillard shines in an otherwise rocky 'From the Land of the Moon'"], Los Angeles Times, 2 August 2017; accessed 08 August 2018
=Box office=
In France, From the Land of the Moon was released to 335 screens, where it debuted at number nine at the box office, selling 283,843 tickets.{{Cite web |title=Mal de Pierres (2016) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=16042&view=2#cible1 |access-date=18 July 2022 |website=JPBox-Office}} It sold a total of 669,856 tickets and grossed $4,718,885 after 13 weeks in French cinemas.{{Cite web |title=Box Office du film Mal de Pierres|url=https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-221615/box-office/ |website=Allociné|access-date=18 July 2022 |language=fr}} The film grossed a total of $6,547,983 worldwide against a production budget of €10.5 million.
=Accolades=
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|3794028}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|from_the_land_of_the_moon}}
{{Nicole Garcia}}
Category:Films based on Italian novels
Category:Films set in the 1950s
Category:Films directed by Nicole Garcia
Category:Films scored by Daniel Pemberton