2012 · comedy · music
What's in a Name
Directed by Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte1h 50m2012
Vincent, a wealthy real estate agent, is invited to dinner by his sister Elizabeth and her husband Peter, both professors in Paris. Claude, a childhood friend and trombonist in a symphony orchestra, is also present. Vincent brings news from the prenatal examination of his and his wife Anna's unborn son. The name chosen by the soon-to-be parents strongly offends the others for many reasons. The dispute between the guests quickly escalates and before long the resurgence of old grudges and hidden secrets is unavoidable...
Our read: What's in a Name (2012) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- gentle
- intimate
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