Look at Me (Comme une Image)

This is the story of Lolita Cassard, a young woman of twenty years who has it in for the entire world because she doesn't look like the girls in glossy magazines, who doesn't look a thing like her young mother-in-law. She would so much like to feel beautiful, at least in her father's eyes, if only her father's eyes could find her. But this is also the story of a man named Etienne Cassard, who doesn't see other people much at all because he's busy looking at himself, feeling older, a man who very likely wanted for love himself, who struggled long and hard to find his place in the world. This is the story of a writer named Pierre Miller, who's lost faith, who doubts he'll ever meet with success, who meets with success and who meets Etienne Cassard. This is the story of a singing teacher, Sylvia Miller, who believes in her husband, at least in his talent, but who has doubts about her own and that of her pupil, Lolita - until she realizes she's the daughter of Etienne Cassard, the author she admires so much. This is the story of human beings who know exactly what they'd do if they were somebody else, but can't handle being themselves very well, who are very simply struggling to find out who they are.

"Jaoui has an uncanny ear -- as director, co-writer and part of the inspired ensemble cast -- for human foibles, self-deception, celebrity worship and female body issues."
-- Jami Bernard , NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

"The observations are sharp, the acting is superb, and the dialogue is rich with irony and biting subtext."
-- Kirk Honeycutt , HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"Like Jaoui's directing debut, The Taste of Others, it offers uniformly excellent performances and smart observations on social and family interactions."
-- Lou Lumenick , NEW YORK POST

"A gem of comic melancholy."
-- Lisa Nesselson , VARIETY

"A witty and acute examination of friendship, ambition and betrayal in the Parisian literary world."
-- A.O. Scott , NEW YORK TIMES