Maison de retraite 2
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Maison de retraite 2 (lit. Retirement home 2) is a 2024 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi Jr. It serves a sequel to Maison de retraite (2022).[1]
Premise
[edit]The Lino Vartan Home for young orphans and elderly has to close for sanitary reasons. Milann Rousseau, manager of the facility, decides to accept an invitation from a retirement home in the South of France that proposes to host them for the summer. All the residents of the Lino Vartan home are transferred by bus to the Bel Azur Club, which is set in an idyllic villa by the sea. But the persons who live there soon express their strong dislike for the newcomers.
Cast
[edit]- Kev Adams: Milann Rousseau
- Jarry: Alban
- Brahim Bouhlel: Driss
- Stéphane Debac: Claude Masson
- Louna Espinosa: Clémence Masson
- Anne Marivin: Reine Montrosier
- Jean Reno: Lorenzo
- Daniel Prévost: Alfred de Gonzague
- Liliane Rovère: Sylvette Leroux
- Firmine Richard: Fleurette Jean-Marie
- Michel Jonasz: Albert
- Enrico Macias: Rico
- Amanda Lear: Barbara dit Barbie
- Chantal Ladesou: Danielle aka La Colonelle
- Marie-Christine Barrault: Madame Courtillet
- Marthe Villalonga: Claudine Valège
The film also contains two short flashback scenes including with Gérard Depardieu.[2]
Production
[edit]Shooting started in April 2023 in Var at the Villa Rocabella located in Le Pradet.[3]
Reception
[edit]Reception was polarised, with various rather positive reviews in daily newspapers but mixed and negative ones in film and cultural magazines .[4]
Telerama was very critical of the film.[5] A review in Première praised the intention of a film seen as addressing the issues related to Ehpads and in particular the Orpéa scandal (2015–2017), but found the production and acting repetitive;[6] another review in the same magazine called the comedic scenes "regressive".[7]
Le Temps sees in the film an example of the topical trend in French cinema focusing on the elderly, but found the film "appalling".[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "La France buissonnière : Kev Adams et le grand âge" (in French). 2022-02-06. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ ""Deux brèves apparitions": Kev Adams s'explique sur la présence de Depardieu dans Maison de retraite 2". Le Figaro (in French). 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ "Claude Zidi Jr. pour "Maison de Retraite 2" - France Bleu". ici par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ "Maison de retraite 2 : fait-on la meilleure confiture dans les vieux pots ?". Le Figaro (in French). 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ ""Maison de retraite 2" : notre critique". www.telerama.fr (in French). 2024-02-13. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ "Maison de Retraite 2 : Ehpad pitié pour Kev Adams [critique]". Premiere.fr (in French). 2024-02-13. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ "Maison de retraite 2". Premiere.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ "Au cinéma, les seniors en ont encore sous le coude: la preuve avec "Maison de retraite 2" - Le Temps" (in French). 2024-02-20. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2024-10-16.