
As a little girl, Federica fantasized about having beautiful long hair that would grow back as soon as she cut it, about never-ending cones of cotton candy and about countless adventures that took her to the far side of the world. Now a charming thirty-something-single woman, Federica's fantasies have evolved, adding lovers, stardom, and motherhood to her waking dreams, where Federica continues to press for her everyday life to be as real as the fantasies that invade her. Unf... (Full plot summary below)
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As a little girl, Federica fantasized about having beautiful long hair that would grow back as soon as she cut it, about never-ending cones of cotton candy and about countless adventures that took her to the far side of the world. Now a charming thirty-something-single woman, Federica's fantasies have evolved, adding lovers, stardom, and motherhood to her waking dreams, where Federica continues to press for her everyday life to be as real as the fantasies that invade her. Unfortunately, Federica's daydreams can only provide a meager distraction from the reality she faces. Her career as a successful playwright is heading south, her boyfriend is pressuring her to start a family, a former lover wishes to rekindle an old affair, her sister is barely talking to her, her brother is self-centered and her loving father is terminally ill. And as if to make matters worse, Federica is rich, too rich, and the guilt that consumes her because of it is pushing her over the edge. As Federica struggles to find meaning in her life, she wrestles with her feelings about death and responsibility. She alleviates the added weight of the haunting guilt that her wealth derives through her vivid imagination, where her reality grows wonderful and, if only fleetingly, gives her the sense that all is perfect in her world.
Leave your thoughts about It's Easier for a Camel....
| New York TimesStephen HoldenThe kind of exercise in semi-autobiographical reflection that is almost impossible to carry off without its seeming self-absorbed. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerThe contrast of the naive assurance of youth with the confusion and ambiguity of adulthood is sweet but simplistic and the wandering script hasn't much else to offer. |
| VarietyLisa NesselsonFantasy sequences, including animation, keep the melancholy tone from overwhelming the proceedings. |
| Seattle TimesTom KeoghHer story construction -- blurring fact and fantasy and mixing scenes from different time periods -- is confusing and wearying. |
| TV GuideMaitland McDonaghIt's ultimately hard to care deeply about a silly, sheltered girl-woman who's taking an inordinately long time to learn that money can't buy happiness. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair[The main character] just isn't interesting in the slightest. |
| User ReviewNina LIt's a good movie if you're French: you understand the conflicts in the Bruni's family (Carla Bruni-Sarkozy isn't from the same father than the rest of her family). On a psychological point of view, it's fun to see a woman feeling guilty of being rich and dating a communist who "has to work" and whose mother "was a maid who could not afford to have a lover"... You can see here the old French war between the left and the right wings (whereas a few wish to be poor...). Valeria is a great actress as well as Jean-Hugues Anglade and Lambert Wilson. |
| User ReviewChloe CI don't see much of this film being a comedy in any sense.... |
| User ReviewAaron C1/2 a star extra for the camel animation at the beginning. the rest of the movie is well-acted but draggy. |
| User ReviewDaniel SA good story, although sometimes a bit boring. |