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The Girl from Paris (Une hirondelle a fait le printemps)

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Synopsis

Can a thirtysomething gal from the city find happiness with a goat farm and its aging overseer? Sandrine (Mathilde Seigner) is a computer expert who has successfully pursued a career in business; however, her career path was chosen to please her family more than herself, and Sandrine has decided to move away from the fast pace of city life to rural France. Hoping to put her job skills to work in a new context, Sandrine begins studying agriculture, and arranges to buy a goat farm from Adrien (Michel Serrault), an elderly farmer who is nearing retirement. Adrien will spend another year and a half at the farm in order to insure a smooth transition to Sandrine's management, but his attitude toward her speaks less of gratitude than resentment; he isn't eager to show her the workings of the farm he helped to build, and his behavior is more than a bit hostile. Using her computer skills, Sandrine creates a website that generates a whole new market for the goat cheese and fruit preserves the farm generates, which helps her win Adrien's grudging respect, and when Adrien falls ill and it looks possible he may not live out his final stay on the farm, he begins to open up to her, sharing all he knows about the farm, and a new level of admiration and trust grows between them. Une Hirondelle a Fait Le Printemps was the first feature film from writer and director Christian Carion.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

  • Michel Serrault
  • Mathilde Seigner
  • Jean-Paul Roussillon
  • Frédéric Pierrot
  • Marc Berman
  • Françoise Bette
  • Christophe Rossignon
  • Roland Chalosse
  • Achiles Francisco Varas dell'Aquila
  • Henri Pasquale

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Metacritic

80

Wise, understated, warm and witty, it presents stars Michel Serrault and Mathilde Seigner in roles that fit them so perfectly they could have been tailor-made.

Metacritic review by Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
70

Precisely the point of films in this genre is to provide pleasant predictability. We collaborate, in a way: we chuckle silently as, so to speak, we make the film ourselves.

Metacritic review by Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kauffmann
The New Republic
50

Carion, in his feature debut, means well, and his characters are lovable. But the plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine and her goats walk off into the sunset.

Metacritic review by V.A. Musetto
V.A. Musetto
New York Post