Main Cast: Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jamel Debbouze, Pascale Arbillot, Guillaume de Tonquedec
Release Year: 2008
Country: FR
Run Time: 96 minutes
Plot
Many regard the satirically inclined writer-director-star Agnès Jaoui (Le Goût des Autres) as a European equivalent of Woody Allen. The cerebral comedy Let It Rain represents Jaoui's third effort in the said capacities, and finds her juggling preoccupations with gender politics and class differences. Here, she plays Agathe Villanova, a feminist author with political plans who heads off to the summer residence of her early years to address some unfinished family business with her sister, Florence (Pascale Arbillot). Once there, her path crisscrosses with two documentarists shooting a film about powerful women -- Karim (Jamel Debbouze) and Michel (Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jaoui's off-camera husband and creative partner, who co-authored the script with her). She agrees to be interviewed for the film, leading to a series of arguments between Karim and Michel about how best to film her; meanwhile, Agnes offers to help Karim out by setting up a job for him, little recognizing the complications that this will yield. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Cast
Agnès Jaoui - Agathe Villanova
Jean-Pierre Bacri - Michel Ronsard
Jamel Debbouze - Karim
Pascale Arbillot - Florence
Guillaume de Tonquedec - Stéphane
Frederic Pierrot - Antoine; Mimouna Hadji - Mimouna; Florence Loiret-Caille - Aurélie; Anne Werner - Séverine; Jean-Claude Baudracco - Ernest, local #1; Luc Palun - Didier, local #2; Marc Betton - producer; Laurent Jarroir - Guillaume; François Gedigier - editor; Bernard Nissille - man at baptism
Credit
Brigitte Moidon - Casting, Eve-Marie Arnault - Costume Designer, Antoine Garceau - First Assistant Director, Agnès Jaoui - Director, François Gedigier - Editor, Sylvie Lager - Editor, Christian Marti - Production Designer, David Quesemand - Cinematographer, Nicole Firn - Production Manager, Christian Berard - Producer, Jean-Philippe Andraca - Producer, Nadine Muse - Sound/Sound Designer, Jean-Pierre Duret - Sound Recordist, Nicolas Cantin - Sound Recordist, Jean-Pierre Bacri - Screenwriter, Agnès Jaoui - Screenwriter, Judith Havas - Post Production Supervisor, Léa Sadoul - Production Coordinator, Aimeric Bonello - Production Supervisor, Gerard Lamps - Re-Recording Mixer, Dorian Darcourt - Re-Recording Mixer, Mathilde Cavillan - Second Assistant Director
