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The Fantastic Journey of Margot & Marguerite streaming

Original title: L'Aventure des Marguerite
2020 Movie Family, Comedy, Fantasy
By: Pierre Coré With: Lila Gueneau, Nils Othenin-Girard, Grégori Derangère, Alice Pol, Wladimir Yordanoff

Aimed at the children's market , "l'aventure des Marguerite " borrows a lot from other works , such as "pleasant ville" and countless others ; it suffers accordingly.That said, can it appeal to a young audience? Perhaps so,but only partially : the part taking place during the occupation is ,in spite of numerous implausibilities, by far the best .The modern Marguerite hints at "la grande vadrouille" and the occupied France is as accurate and as plausible as Gérard Oury's world. The exodus , when the French were running away from the German armies took place two years before (and not in 1942);Hemingway was not in France at the time ,he fought in Spain and came back at the end of WW2.But if you forget history ,this half is pleasant enough: it's like a fairytale ,after all , as the trick of the trunk shows :so why wouldn't Marguerite help Ernest Hemingway work on "the old man and the sea"? As the resistant fighters networks were top secret , talking about them in a loud voice in a café is comic indeed. The escape from the detention camp takes the biscuit : dad is discouraged , waiting,waiting , but girlie comes to cheer him up ,and voilà! A plane pursuedby an officer whose shots are in vain (an escape which recalls "la grande vadrouille")On the other hand, the part in modern times is ponderous and even crude (the burps competition) : with the bland long-haired boy ,who seems himself an anachronism (he looks like a seventies kid), it's really derivative (the girl whose father has left home and is replaced by a surly stepdad ) .Only the meeting with the old lady (played by Genevieve Casile ,essentially a stage actress who performed all the classics) ,a trick used often before (Ellen Burstyn in "interstellar",Teresa Wright in "somewhere in time" ) , makes up for the paucity of this half-screenplay.Half a pleasant movie ,you make it on the percentages ,but lose out on the bonuses : but on a rainy day,it's always useful.

Filmium rating
61%

Mood

Adventure
Adventurous
Family
Fantastical
Touching

Cast & Crew

Pierre Coré
Stéphane Kazandjian
Benoît Robin
Vincent Cuvellier
Nils Othenin-Girard
Clovis Cornillac
Grégori Derangère
Frédéric Deleersnyder
Wladimir Yordanoff
Lila Gueneau
Alice Pol
Aunt Alice
Lila Gueneau (Marguerite)
Pierre Coré (Director)

Adaptation

Based On Children'S Book

Budget

Mid-Budget

Cinematic Technique

Adaptation
Colorful Visuals
Dynamic Cinematography
Fantasy Visuals
Imaginative Storytelling

Narrative Structure

Dual Narrative
Dual Timeline
Linear
Time Travel
Time-Travel

Pace

Balanced
Engaging
Moderate Pace

Runtime

89 Minutes

Style

Adaptation
Animation
Color
Colorful
Fantasy

Time-Period

1940S
2010S

Central Conflict

Family Reunion
Identity
Search For Father
Time Displacement

Characters

Adolescents
Family Members
Time Travelers

Ending

Hopeful
Resolution

Historical Context

Contemporary
Time Travel
World War Ii

Key Plot Points

Changing Past
Mysterious Magic Trunk
Saving Father

Plot

Dual Adolescence
Family Mystery
Family Quest
Historical Context
Time Travel

Setting

1940S France
Historical
Modern France
Modern-Day France

Shooting Location

Great East
Mennecy
Sorbonne University

Theme

Family Bonds
Family Dynamics
Filial
Self-Discovery
Time And Memory
Time Travel

Genre

Adventure
Comedy
Family
Fantasy

Audiences

Children
Family
Teenagers
Teens

Titles

The Fantastic Journey Of Margot & Marguerite

Reception

Charming
Family-Friendly
Mixed Reviews

Production Countries

France

Release Year

2020
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