Two actresses from the Franco-Italian cinema aristocracy - Carla Bruni's sister and Catherine Deneuve's daughter - are duelling head to head, and hankie to hankie, in rival "weepie" movies released in France this week. The two films, competing to become the French, post-summer, romantic blockbuster, star Chiara Mastroianni, the daughter of Deneuve, and Valeria Bruni-Tadeschi, the older sister of the French first lady. Both films opened at 200 cinemas across France this week. Both are 105 minutes long. Both are classic tales of tangled, or doomed, love, with a modern, feminist twist. Both of the lead actresses are of Franco-Italian origin. Both have received rave reviews. And both women have been tipped to win nominations for a César, or French Oscar, next February.
Two actresses from the Franco-Italian cinema aristocracy - Carla Bruni's sister and Catherine Deneuve's daughter - are duelling head to head, and hankie to hankie, in rival "weepie" movies released in France this week.
The two films, competing to become the French, post-summer, romantic blockbuster, star Chiara Mastroianni, the daughter of Deneuve, and Valeria Bruni-Tadeschi, the older sister of the French first lady.
Both films opened at 200 cinemas across France this week. Both are 105 minutes long. Both are classic tales of tangled, or doomed, love, with a modern, feminist twist. Both of the lead actresses are of Franco-Italian origin. Both have received rave reviews. And both women have been tipped to win nominations for a César, or French Oscar, next February.
