Little White Lies

Little White Lies

Teaming up once again with frequent collaborator and long-term partner Guillaume Canet, the Parisian actress excels in this quaint and personal drama. 2010’s Little White Lies links a series of events which entail love, loss and most importantly life, and in the process feels like a work of the aforementioned Woody Allen.

Dialogue-driven and dressed by relentlessly beautiful cinematography, Cotillard thrives in the waves of emotion, yet remains poised and delicate in the picture’s tender, more humorous moments. She absolutely excels as Marie; a pot-smoking and rebellious woman who like the remainder of those involved, is keen to enjoy her summer holiday despite friend Ludo (Jean Dujardin) currently fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific road traffic collision.

Plus the burden of a messy relationship rests upon her shoulders which only causes further friction. Essentially Canet paints a portrait of the broken-spirited; these are complicated, at times selfish people, yet he renders them all with hope and heart making this an extremely pleasing picture.