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Making Plans for Lena is a french film of genre Drama directed by Christophe Honoré released in USA on 20 august 2010 with Chiara Mastroianni

Making Plans for Lena (2009)

Making Plans for Lena
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Released in USA 20 august 2010
Length 1h45
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama
Rating59% 2.9924052.9924052.9924052.9924052.992405

Making Plans for Lena (French: Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser) is a 2009 French film directed by Christophe Honoré, who co-wrote the screenplay with Geneviève Brisac.

Synopsis

Léna vient de se séparer de son mari Nigel et obtient la garde de ses deux enfants. Elle est cependant dans une période de grande confusion personnelle et sentimentale amplifiée par l'abandon de son travail d'anesthésiste à l'hôpital. Elle part passer quelques jours de vacances dans la maison familiale de Bretagne en compagnie de ses enfants, de ses parents et de sa sœur et son frère. Cependant sa mère Annie, avec l'accord de l'ensemble de la famille présente, décide d'inviter Nigel quelques jours pour lui permettre de voir ses enfants, tout en espérant secrètement un rabibochage du couple. Face au fait accompli, Léna s'irrite et dans un premier temps décide de partir immédiatement avant de se raviser. Les tensions entre les différents binômes composant la famille sont importantes avec cependant pour source commune la recherche difficile du bonheur individuel au sein du fragile équilibre des couples. Léna, étouffée par sa famille et son absence de repères dans sa vie, s'enfonce dans une période faite d'incertitudes et de décisions contradictoires.

Actors

Chiara Mastroianni

(Léna)Jean-Marc Barr

(Nigel)Marina Foïs

(Frédérique)Louis Garrel

(Simon)Marie-Christine Barrault

(Annie)
And :
Fred Ulysse
Marcial Di Fonzo Bo
Alice Butaud
Julien Honoré
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