Populaire Film Review

Steve Withers

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Charm, warmth and easy watching – rarely are such films made within the Hollywood machine, it is left to the independents, or foreign markets to produce. And that is where tonight’s feature hails from, France, and it is everything that the opening sentence suggests. Following the story of a naïve shop-working girl with an extraordinary talent for typing, director Régis Roinsard’s debut feature packs in enough comedy, romance, sport, competition and downright charm to win over the hearts and minds of even the most cynical viewers. Nominated for, and winner of, numerous awards it is easy to see why, for the feature plays very much like a film from the period it which it is set: the fifties - from the titles to the music, from the pacing to the acting; the whole thing screams chic and even if the story is inevitably predictable and doesn’t try to tread any new ground, it is told with such loving care that you can’t help but be won over. Ladies and gentlemen, tonight feature presentation is Populaire.

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