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Willy the 1st

Willy the 1st

Comedy · Drama · 2016

Willy, a boorish 50 something, finally moves out of his parents’ to start a new life

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Willy the 1st

2016 Comedy · Drama 1h 28m

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5.9 / 10

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Willy, a boorish 50 something, finally moves out of his parents’ to start a new life

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Names above the title

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Directed by

Zoran Boukherma · Hugo P. Thomas · Ludovic Boukherma

Written by

Hugo P. Thomas · Ludovic Boukherma · Zoran Boukherma · Marielle Gautier

D

Daniel Vannet

Willy / Michel Prevost

Noémie Lvovsky

Noémie Lvovsky

Catherine

R

Romain Léger

Willy II

R

Robert Follet

Père de Willy

G

Geneviève Plet

Mère de Willy

E

Eric Jacquet

José

K

Kiki

Responsable du personnel

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Put Willy the 1st on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.