A Single Girl (1995)
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75% of critics liked it
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(1,099 ratings)
As Valerie, 19-year-old Virginie Ledoyen is not just the titular Single Girl, but for all practical purposes, the entire movie. As the film opens, she meets her sullen, unemployed boyfriend Remi (Benoît Magimel) at a cafe, and reveals that she is pregnant with his child. She is not only unsure about… More As Valerie, 19-year-old Virginie Ledoyen is not just the titular Single Girl, but for all practical purposes, the entire movie. As the film opens, she meets her sullen, unemployed boyfriend Remi (Benoît Magimel) at a cafe, and reveals that she is pregnant with his child. She is not only unsure about whether she should keep the child, but whether Remi would make a decent father if she did. She is also starting a new job as room service in an expensive hotel and promises to return to the cafe in an hour and tell Remi her decision. The bulk of the film consists of a real-time study of that critical hour. Valerie takes trays from room to room, and the camera follows every stair step, every elevator trip. There are interactions with peculiar guests, but none of them are particularly important characters. The focus is always on Valerie. ~ John Voorhees, Rovi
- Directed By
- Benoît Jacquot
- Written By
- Jérôme Beaujour, Benoît Jacquot
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 31, 2000 Wide
- On DVD
- Jul 4, 2000
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
A Single Girl delivers 80 unbroken and ultimately irritating minutes in the life of a pretty hotel waitress (Virginie Ledoyen).
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
A stunning demonstration of moral and existential suspense in relation to duration, much like Agnes Varda's 1961 Cleo From 5 to 7.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Even though nothing much happens during the course of the movie (Valerie spends over half the running time wandering around the inside of a hotel), this is a thoroughly engrossing motion picture.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
Benoit Jacquot's small, dazzling film A Single Girl is so buoyant, sharp-eyed and casually sexy it comes closer than any recent movie to capturing the essence of youth itself.
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Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
A Single Girl shines because of Ledoyen, but sputters in not taking her character anyplace.
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Cast
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Virginie Ledoyen
as Valerie
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Benoît Magimel
as Remi
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Dominique Valadie
as Mother
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Véra Briole
as Sabine
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Virginie Emane
as Fatiah
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Michel Bompoil
as Jean-Marc
- Jean-Claude Frissung
- Mateo Blanc
- Antonio Cecchinato
- Herve Gamelin
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Guillemette Grobon
as Mme. Charles
- Catherine Guittonneau
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Long Nguyen Khac
as Mr. Tranh
- Jean-Claude Masson
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Aladin Reibel
as Mr. Sarre
- Alain Rolan
- Guila Urso
