04/09/2013 - Louise Bourgoin, Cédric Kahn and Laurent Stocker excel for Axelle Ropert. Also in theatres today, films by Jodorowsky, Virzi and Claire Simon

"There are people who pay for others in life. This is a film in which we welcome the happiness of some, while we suffer through the pain of others.” With Miss and the Doctors [+see also:
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Very well played by Louise Bourgoin (photo), Cédric Kahn and Laurent Stocker, the feature (produced by Les Films Pelléas) focuses on a love triangle immersed in the 13^th district of Paris. “The heroes are brothers who are not doctors like those we see in TV series. They are neither neurotic nor obsessive. They practice medicine in the most traditional aspect, but also the most idealistic way, that is by taking care of others,” explains Axelle Ropert. Propelling in between these two characters a woman whose “irruption functions as a collision”, the director signs a feature which skilfully blends softness and violence in an atmosphere that often plays on nocturnal scenes which are “far from the usual mythology of the night, parties, transgression, subversion... The night, in my film, is a moment conducive to confiding and surrendering”. 

Amongst the ten other releases of this Wednesday, it is worth mentioning The Dance of Reality [+see also:
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As for the box-office, it is worth noting the 407,000 admissions accumulated in 12 days by Young and Beautiful [+see also:
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interview: François Ozon
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interview: Rebecca Zlotowski
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(Translated from French)