Underplayed Gems

Let's Talk About the Rain (2008)

Let's Talk About the Rain poster
Original title
Parlez-moi de la pluie
Directed by
Agnès Jaoui
Genre
drama film, comedy drama
Country
France
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
12
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 72 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A woman running for political office returns to her childhood home in Provence to oversee a family property. Two documentarians stumble into her life and start filming, revealing tensions between her polished public image and private frustrations.

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What happens

Let's Talk About the Rain (French: Parlez-moi de la pluie) is a 2008 French comedy-drama film directed by Agnès Jaoui from an original screenplay by Jean-Pierre Bacri. It takes its title from a song by Georges Brassens. Agnès Jaoui said in an interview that one day she was on her way to a writing session with Jean-Pierre and had in her ears the song 'L'orage' by Georges Brassens which opens with the lines 'parlez-moi de la pluie, et non pas du beau temps.' (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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