Little White Lies
Les Petits Mouchoirs
2010FranceLanguage: frDirected by Guillaume Canet★ 7.1
Available in English: subtitled
Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies they've been telling each other.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholicwarmdark comedyquietly devastating
Pacing
slow burnepisodicescalating
Story
unravelingreunion
Emotion
guiltgriefloyalty under pressurebelonging
Themes
class and moneyfamily dutyfamily wounds passed down
Feel
catharticemotionally wreckingdiscussion starterquietly haunting
Violence
mildWhere to watch
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