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That Day (Ce jour-là)

That Day (Ce jour-là) (2003)

  • 57% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

  • 92% of users liked it
    (124 ratings)

Master filmmaker Raúl Ruiz adds a black comedy to his far-reaching body of work with That Day, a playful meditation on money, death, and false spirituality. Livia (Elsa Zylberstein) and Pointpoirot (Bernard Girardeau) are, respectively, a spoiled society woman who suffers from delusional visions of… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Raoul Ruiz
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
In Theaters
May 15, 2003 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

    This is rarified cinema for lovers of the cerebral and surreal.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    It's either too unhinged or not unhinged enough, I haven't decided yet.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    One of Ruiz's more accessible but minor works.

  • Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine

    A cinematic jest so airy you only afterwards notice how macabre it is. To quote one of the nincompoop coppers: "Evidently something to reflect on."

  • Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine

    The kooks in Raul Ruiz's That Day tenderly cultivate their insanity as if tending to exotic flowers.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Randy T


    A darkly comic symphony of poetic justice. Elsa Zylberstein is a living, breathing work of art in this bizarre treasure from director Raoul Ruiz.

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]"That Day" takes place in Switzerland in the near future. Livia(Elsa Zylberstein) has been told by a flock of prognosticators to expect wonderful things on the following day. But fate has other things in store for her. A homicidal maniac, Emil… More

  • Laura C


    A wonderfully strange film filled with incredibly interesting characters. The most brilliant darkly comic film I've ever seen. The humour is so clever and subtle in some ways and so wild and crazy in others, always off-kilter. Some very beautiful and interesting shots. The most… More

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