Elkaim

The two protanogists, Jeremie Elkaim and Stephane Rideau, are both cute, but that is the film's only redeeming value.

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This year France has gone in an entirely different direction, offering "Declaration of War," written by and starring Valerie Donzelli and Jeremie Elkaim and directed by Ms. Donzelli.

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This year France has gone in an entirely different direction, offering "Declaration of War," written by and starring Valerie Donzelli and Jeremie Elkaim and directed by Ms. Donzelli.

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Mr. Elkaim: We felt it was a way of telling a love story in our time.

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Mr. Elkaim: We don't know about that, because we are considered almost outside that tradition.

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That plot is drawn in part from real life: Ms. Donzelli and Mr. Elkaim are the parents of two children, the older of whom, Gabriel, now 8, survived a life-threatening cancer scare as a baby.

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Mr. Elkaim: We were really, really really surprised.

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Mr. Elkaim: We are discovering the Oscar system now, and for us it is fairly singular.

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Mr. Elkaim: There is a need to delve or dig into experiences that have been lived as primary material.

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Mr. Elkaim: No, no, in France we have a beautiful system.

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