Product: 8 Women (2002)
Rating: 5.0
For those who love French songs of the '60s
Actually, apart from Catherine Deneuve who is famous worldwide, the other actresses of this French movie are not quite unfamiliar to the American audience either. I believe most moviegoers must have recognized Emmanuelle Beart (the sexy girl of "Mission Impossible"), Isabelle Huppert (the frustrating woman of "The Piano Teacher"), Virginie Ledoyen (Francoise of "The Beach"), Fanny Ardant (Mary de Guise of "Elizabeth"), and Ludivine Sagnier (the bombshell of the recently released "Swimming Pool"). As for Danielle Darrieux, strange as it may seem, she once starred as the mother of Catherine Deneuve (and of Catherine's real life sister Francoise Dorleac) in another French musical, "Les demoiselles de Rochefort" -- although that one was not as good as Catherine's debut "Les parapluies de Cherbourg".While watching a movie with all the above mentioned actresses was quite a treat already, I particularly enjoyed them lipsync some beautiful French songs of the '60s: "Pape t'es plus dans le coup" (Daddy you're behind the times, performed by Ludivine Sagnier), "Message personnel" (Personal message, by Isabelle Huppert), "A quoi sert de vivre libre" (What's the use of living free, by Fanny Ardant), "Pour ne pas vivre seul" (To be not alone, by Firmine Richard), "Mon amour mon ami" (My lover my friend, by Virginie Ledoyen), "Pile ou face" (I toss a coin, by Emmanuelle Beart), "Toi jamais" (You never, by Catherine Deneuve), and as if the best was to saved for last, "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" (There is no happy love, from a poem by Louis Aragon and performed by Danielle Darrieux).