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Plot. Filmed in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, and exploring themes of globalization, class distinctions and income inequality, the film opens in the French seaside town of Dunkirk. France (Karin Viard), a middle-aged divorcée, has just been laid off after 20 years at the same shipping company. She takes an overdose of pills but ...
Helen Mao, M.A. | Certified Educator. Cite. The main argument of “The Pie” by Gary Soto (from his short story collection A Summer Life) is that stealing is a sin, and even if the thief gets...
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Dec 9, 2011 · Most of “My Piece of the Pie” is told from France’s point of view. A divorced 42-year-old mother of three adolescent girls, she is a volatile piece of work whose reaction to being...
- Stephen Holden
- 2 min
- Cédric Klapisch
Nov 5, 2020 · The description of the mouth-watering pie helps readers understand the depth of Gary's desire and temptation. Additionally, the essay draws an allusion between the pies and the biblical story of Adam and Eve, emphasizing the recurring theme of succumbing to desire.
Dec 8, 2011 · Genre: Comedy, Drama. Running Time: 109 minutes. Not rated; profanity, sexual situations. With: Karin Viard, Gilles Lellouche and Audrey Lamy. In French (with English subtitles) and English. Money ...
A boss who doesn't know how to be human. Writer-director Cedric Klapisch supplies a little of all five in "My Piece of Pie," a film about the everyday ways in which the markets deal in abstract numbers without the slightest interest in the lives that might be affected. In the French city of Dunkirk, a factory closes suddenly, families are ...
5/10. A Bad Ending as an Economic Statement. Chris_Pandolfi 8 December 2011. Warning: Spoilers. Most of "My Piece of the Pie" functions as an odd-couple story with a timely edge on class structure and the status of the world's economy. These initial sections of the film are routine and structurally and thematically predictable, but at least ...
