My Piece of the Pie (2011)

45% of critics liked it
(11 reviews)
38% of users liked it
(435 ratings)

France, a single mother from the blighted industrial north, and Steve, a hotshot trader with a keen eye for the killer deal, are thrown together when he's looking for a cleaner and she's looking for a job. When Alban, Steve's 3-year-old son, arrives on the doorstep to stay with his dad, Steve might… More France, a single mother from the blighted industrial north, and Steve, a hotshot trader with a keen eye for the killer deal, are thrown together when he's looking for a cleaner and she's looking for a job. When Alban, Steve's 3-year-old son, arrives on the doorstep to stay with his dad, Steve might need more than a cleaner. And France might need some payback from the man who almost single-handedly shut down the factory where she worked... -- (C) IFC

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 49 min.
Directed By: Cédric Klapisch
Written By: Cédric Klapisch
Genres: Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

In Theaters: Dec 9, 2011 Limited
On DVD: May 14, 2012
Studio: IFC Films

Critic Reviews

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
True, the movie sidesteps a couple of cliches it seems headed directly toward, but I might have preferred them to the preposterous melodrama it substitutes.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Paints an alluring picture of a pan-European cosmopolitan culture whose characters hopscotch from one country to another with hardly a second thought in a lighthearted floating party.
Mark Jenkins, NPR
A stirring if occasionally over-obvious clash of capital and labor.
Nick Schager, Village Voice
A feeble stab at topicality from that master of overripe Gallic melodrama, Cédric Klapisch.
Boyd van Hoeij, Variety
Though the setup sounds cliche, the storytelling is polished enough to keep auds hooked and occasionally surprised.
Don Groves, sbs.com.au
An odious Master of the Universe learns some humanity from his maid.
Chris Cabin, Filmcritic.com
a construct meant solely to provoke
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
A clever and thought-provoking French comedy about two people who are thrown together: a working-class single parent and a high-finance superstar who makes money the easy way.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
A Euro gloss on Pretty Woman suddenly turns into Occupy Gaul.
Andrew Schenker, Slant Magazine
Beyond the silliness of the heroine's action, there's little to glom on to here of any significance.

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Cast

            Karin Viard as France

            Gilles Lellouche as Steve

            Audrey Lamy as Josy

            Jean-Pierre Martins as JP

            Zinedine Soualem as Ahmed

            Raphaele Godin as Mélody

            Fred Ulysse as France's Father

            Kevin Bishop as Nick the Broker

            Marine Vacth as Tessa

            Flavie Bataillie as Lucie

            Tim Piggott-Smith as Monsieur Brown

            Philippe Lefebvre as Le PDG dans la fête

            Lunis Sakji as Alban

            Juliette Navin-Bardin as Julie the Financial Analyst

            Camille Zouaoui as Jessica

            Adrienne Vereecke as Mallaury

            Guillaume Ranson as Jérémie

            Xavier Alcan as Humanist Financier

            Xavier Mathieu as The Trade Unionist

            Remi Gillodts as Rémi

            Evelyne Dekoninck as The Neighbor

            Abderrahmane Houfani as Sofiane

            Sophie Watrelot as Lucie's Girlfriend

            Andrew Shepard Price as London Waiter

            Sandrine Drezen Conchillo as Sandrine a Trade Unionist

            Michel Masiero as Jean-Claude a Trade Unionist

            Haby Diarra as Jessica's Girlfriend

            Jean-Benoit Lengeley as JB

            Cédric Klapisch as Man on the Quay

            Édeline Dufly as Birthday Girl

            Husky Kihal as Georges France's Ex-Husband

            Alessandro Cecchini as Fashion Photographer

            Lucie Desclozeaux as Alban's Nurse

            Suzanne Von Aichinger as Dancer at Steve's Soirée

            John Vernon as English Truck Driver

            Mariam N'Diaye
            
            Fiannan Obe
            
            Alex Lutz
            
            Edwin Kruger
            
            Lisa Manili
            
            Emily Head
            
            James Puddephatt
            
            Hervé Degunst
            
            Eric Paul
            
            Tim Pigott-Smith
            
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