Something Fishy (film)

Pas très catholique
Something Fishy
Pas très catholique; Something Fishy
Directed by	Tonie Marshall
Written by	Tonie Marshall
Starring	Anémone
Cinematography	Dominique Chapuis
Edited by	Jacques Comets
Release date	6 April 1994;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Pas très catholique (Not Very Catholic, English title Something Fishy) is a 1994 French comedy film written and directed by Tonie Marshall.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.^[4]

Plot

Years ago Maxime left her husband and child to strike out on her own, out of her upper class background and into a more bohemian lifestyle, chain-smoking and having affairs with lovers of both genders. Now a private detective, her boss tasks Maxime with training the new person (and the boss's lover). She also finds that her path has crossed with her ex-husband and son as a result of her latest case involving real estate fraud and murders.^[5]

Cast

Anémone : Maxime Chabrier
Michel Roux : Andre Dutemps
Roland Bertin : Monsieur Paul
Christine Boisson : Florence
Denis Podalydès : Martin
Grégoire Colin : Baptiste Vaxelaire
Michel Didym : Jacques Devinals
Micheline Presle : Mme. Loussine
Bernard Verley : Noel Vaxelaire
Josiane Stoléru

Reception

Derek Elley reviewed the film for Variety, writing that "Though dominated by a striking, lived-in performance from Gallic comedienne Anemone, "Something Fishy" is too easygoing for its own good."^[6] Carrie Tarr and Brigitte Rollet cover the film in Cinema and the Second Sex, stating that "Marshall's empathy with her original, outspoken heroine is obvious in the endless close-ups of Anémone/Max's aging, unconventionally attractive face and body, and the way she is constantly in shot, by day and by night, in the streets of Paris and in her bedsit or office, on the move and at rest, insolent and melancholy."^[7]

In Fifty Years Berlinale Wolfgang Jacobson et al noted that the movie was the "surprise of the competition" at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.^[8]

References

^ "Pas très catholique (1994) de Tonie Marshall". L'Oeil sur l'écran. 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
^ Warren, Jane; Nettelbeck, Colin W. (1996). A Century of Cinema: Australian and French Connections. Department of French and Italian Studies, University of Melbourne. pp. 106, 107, 111. ISBN 978-0-7325-1356-6. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
^ "Pas très Catholique (review)". Time Out Worldwide. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
^ "Pas très catholique – Something Fishy". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ Dupont, Joan (1994-04-29). "THE MOVIE GUIDE : Pas Très Catholique (Published 1994)". The New York Times/The Tribune International Herald. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
^ Elley, Derek (1994-03-07). "Pas Tres Catholique". Variety. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
^ Tarr, Carrie; Rollet, Brigitte (2001-11-01). Cinema and the Second Sex: Women's Filmmaking in France in the 1980s and 1990s. A&C Black. pp. 213–214. ISBN 978-0-8264-4742-5. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
^ Jacobsen, Wolfgang (2000). Fifty Years Berlinale. Nicolai. p. 449. ISBN 978-3-87584-906-6. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2020-12-16.