Copacabana (2010) ( Copa cabana )

Copacabana (2010) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Copa cabana
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Marc Fitoussi

Written By:
Marc Fitoussi

Actors:
Isabelle Huppert ..... Babou
Aure Atika ..... Lydie
Lolita Chammah ..... Esméralda
Jurgen Delnaet ..... Bart
Chantal Banlier ..... Irène
Magali Woch ..... Sophie
Nelly Antignac ..... Amandine
Guillaume Gouix ..... Kurt
Joachim Lombard ..... Justin
Noémie Lvovsky ..... Suzanne
Luis Rego ..... Patrice
Cyril Couton ..... Martial
François Comar ..... Jacques
Léonie Simaga ..... Katia
Veerle Dobbelaere ..... Petra

Synopsis:

A middle-aged bohemian belatedly discovers the joys of capitalism in this comedy from French writer and director Marc Fitoussi. Babou (Isabelle Huppert) spent most of her twenties and thirties living a footloose lifestyle, wandering from place to place and never holding a job longer than she had to. But while this way of living agreed with Babou, her daughter Esmeralda (Lolita Chammah) never much cared for it, and now that she's in her twenties and engaged to wed Justin (Joachim Lombard), a successful salesman, she'd prefer it if Babou could finally settle down and start looking after herself. Determined to do right by her daughter, Babou lands a position selling time-shares at a condominium complex in the coastal town of Ostend. Babou doesn't know the first thing about selling real estate, but she proves to be a quick study, soon landing customers on a par with rival saleswoman Irene (Chantal Banlier) and earning the respect of manager Lydie (Aure Atika). Babou also reveals she hasn't abandoned her enthusiasm for free love when she falls into a passionate but no-strings affair with Bart (Jurgen Delnaet), who works at the local shipyard. Copacabana was an official selection at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

The misadventures of Babou, an idle and jovial woman who has never been concerned about social success. She nevertheless decides to get back on the right track when she discovers that her daughter is too ashamed to invite her to her wedding. Feeling deeply hurt as a mother, Babou decides to sell time-share apartments in Ostend, in mid-winter. In the strange atmosphere of this out-of-season coastal resort, she could be tempted to take life easy, but she sticks at it in order to win back her daughter's respect and offer her a decent wedding gift.

Babou (Isabelle Huppert) is the ultimate free spirit: an unemployed single mother living in the north of France with dreams of going to Brazil. When her by-the-book daughter Esmeralda announces that she is getting married and that she is too ashamed of her own mother to invite her to the wedding Babou decides to make some changes to win back her daughter's love and respect.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 13 December, 2011.

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