You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
Synopsis: Based on two works by the playwright Jean Anouilh,You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet opens with a who’s-who of French acting royalty (including Mathieu Amalric, Michel Piccoli and frequent Resnais muse Sabine Azema) being summoned to the reading of a late playwright’s last will and testament.
There, the playwright (Denis Podalydes) appears on a TV screen from beyond the grave and asks his erstwhile collaborators to evaluate a recording of an experimental theater company performing his Eurydice–a play they themselves all appeared in over the years. But as the video unspools, instead of watching passively, these seasoned thespians begin acting out the text alongside their youthful avatars, looking back into the past rather like mythic Orpheus himself.
Gorgeously shot by cinematographer Eric Gautier on stylized sets that recall the French poetic realism of the 1930s, You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet is an alternately wry and wistful valentine to actors and the art of performance from a director long fascinated by the intersection of life, theater and cinema.
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Pierre Arditi (Pierre Arditi / Orphée #1)
Sabine Azéma (Sabine Azéma / Eurydice #1)
Jean-Noël Brouté (Jean-Noël Brouté / Mathias)
Anne Consigny (Anne Consigny / Eurydice #2)
Anny Duperey (Anny Duperey / La mère)
Hippolyte Girardot (Hippolyte Girardot / Dulac)
Gérard Lartigau (Gérard Lartigau / Le petit régisseur)
Michel Piccoli (Michel Piccoli / Le père)
Denis Podalydès (Antoine d'Anthac)
Michel Robin (Michel Robin / Le garçon de café)
Andrzej Seweryn (Marcellin)
Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc (Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc / Le secrétaire du commissaire)
Michel Vuillermoz (Michel Vuillermoz / Vincent)
Lambert Wilson (Lambert Wilson / Orphée #2)
Vimala Pons (Eurydice )
Sylvain Dieuaide (Orphée)
Fulvia Collongues (La mère)
Vincent Chatraix (Le père )
Jean-Christophe Folly (Monsieur Henri )
Vladimir Consigny (Mathias )
Laurent Ménoret (Vincent )
Lyn Thibault (La jeune fille et le garçon de café )
Gabriel Dufay (Le garçon d'hôtel)
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Nominations
Cannes Film Festival - France - 2012
Palme d'Or
Official selection
Champs-Elysées Film Festival - France - 2012
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Czech Republic - 2012
New York Film Festival - USA - 2012
Portland International Film Festival - USA - 2012
Wisconsin Film Festival - USA - 2012
COLCOA Film Festival, Los Angeles - USA - 2012
St. Louis International Film Festival - USA - 2012
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival - Taiwan - 2012
Mar del Plata Film Festival - Argentina - 2012
Vancouver International Film Festival - Canada - 2012
New Horizons Film Festival - Poland - 2012
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What affects us most is Resnais's ingenious idea. And that affect is magnified by a surprise ending. - Stanley Kauffmann , The New Republic
Complex yet lighthearted, as diverting as it is meditative. - Mark Jenkins , NPR
Beautiful, difficult, frustrating, and engrossing, You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet is an undeniable accomplishment of form and experimentation. - Landon Palmer , Film School Rejects