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<i>Declaration of War</i> (film)

Declaration of War (film)

2011 French film

Declaration of War (French: La Guerre est déclarée) is a 2011 French film directed by Valérie Donzelli, and written by and starring Donzelli and Jérémie Elkaïm; it is based on actual events in their lives together, when they were a young couple caring for their dangerously ill son.[3][4] It was released on the 31 August 2011 and received very positive reviews; Allociné, a review aggregation website gave it an average of 4.3 stars out of five.[5] Le Monde gave it a full five stars, saying "Against cancer, an undoubtable force of happiness".[6] The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards,[7][8] but it did not make the final shortlist.[9]

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Cast

Valérie Donzelli and Jérémie Elkaïm

Reception

Critical response

Declaration of War has an approval rating of 86% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 43 reviews, and an average rating of 7.4/10.[10] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[11]

Awards and nominations

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See also

References

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    "Declaration of War (2012) - Box Office Mojo". Archived from the original on 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
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    Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 120. ISBN 978-1908215017.
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    "La Guerre est déclarée".
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    "La Guerre est déclarée: Les critiques presse".
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    ""La guerre est déclarée" : Contre le cancer, la force redoutable du bonheur". Le Monde.fr. 30 August 2011.
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    Leffler, Rebecca (16 September 2011). "France Makes a 'Declaration of War' in Foreign-Language Oscar Race". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
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    "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
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    "9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar". Retrieved 2012-01-19.
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    "Declaration of War" – via www.metacritic.com.
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    http://www.lescesarducinema.com
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