Declaration of War | |
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Directed by | Valérie Donzelli |
Written by |
Jérémie Elkaïm Valérie Donzelli |
Produced by | Edouard Weil |
Starring | Valérie Donzelli |
Cinematography | Sébastien Buchmann |
Edited by | Pauline Gaillard |
Distributed by | Wild Bunch Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $1.6 million [1] |
Box office | $7.7 million [2] |
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]
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]
Year | Association | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
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2011 | Gijón International Film Festival | Grand Prix Asturias for Best Film | Declaration of War | Won |
Best Actor | Jérémie Elkaïm | Won | ||
Best Actress | Valérie Donzelli | Won | ||
Paris Cinema | Jury Award for Best Feature Film | Declaration of War (Valérie Donzelli) | Won | |
Audience Award | Valérie Donzelli | Won | ||
Bloggers' Award | Won | |||
2012 | César Awards 2012 [12] | Best Film | Declaration of War | Nominated |
Best Director | Valérie Donzelli | Nominated | ||
Best Actress | Nominated | |||
Best Original Screenplay | Jérémie Elkaïm, Valérie Donzelli | Nominated | ||
Best Editing | Pauline Gaillard | Nominated | ||
Best Sound | André Rigaut, Laurent Gabiot, Sébastien Savine | Nominated | ||
Étoiles d'Or | Best Screenplay (Scénario) | Jérémie Elkaïm, Valérie Donzelli | Won | |
Hong Kong International Film Festival | SIGNIS Award | Valérie Donzelli | Nominated | |
SIGNIS Award - Special Mention | Won | |||
17th Lumières Awards | Best Actress | Valérie Donzelli | Nominated |