Agneta (Eva Melander), who’s 49, trapped in a loveless marriage and obsessed about everything French, is suddenly fired and does the unexpected: answering an ad that takes her to France for the first time.
There isn’t a single ingredient in this drama-comedy that you haven’t seen before, from the lead character who must learn to start living her life, to the clichéd portrait of a sleepy French hamlet, to the aging queen who must face his demons.
Still, a good cast, with a couple of attractive, funny or moving moments.
2026-Sweden. 113 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed by Johanna Runevad. Novel: Emma Hamberg. Cast: Eva Melander (Agneta), Claes Månsson (Einar), Björn Kjellman (Magnus), Jérémie Covillault, Anne-Marie Ponsot, Richard Forsgren.
Trivia: The novel was previously turned into a stage play.
Sure the movie is a bit fluffy but all the actors were great and the intentions are admirable. Your review appears like it was written under a minute without the slightest amount of thought and effort, I actually wonder how you call yourself a critic when you’ve obviously forgotten what it’s like to have a soul or say something more than two-dimensional drivel.
If you spend more than a minute looking around my website, you will find that I devote a lot more time on films that are worth writing about at length. That’s the purpose of this site: a few quick words on films that aren’t very special, and a full review on films that are worth it. I don’t get paid for doing this; if you want a longer review of this particular movie, we can talk about how you’ll pay for it. Whether or not I have a soul is up for debate.