News from Planet Mars
2016 · Movie · 101 min · ★ 5.4
A people-pleasing father tries to keep everyone happy as his family life and work spiral into chaos. With demanding teens, an eccentric sibling, and an unstable coworker who won’t go away, he’s pushed to rethink his boundaries and self-respect.
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Details
- Original title
- Des nouvelles de la planète mars
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-03-09
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 101 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.4/10 (82 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like offbeat, understated French comedies about family stress and personal boundaries, with awkward situations that build slowly; Not for you if you want constant laughs or neat, tidy behavior.
Pros: quirky French humor; gentle melancholic tone; sharp social observations | Cons: obnoxious characters; slow-burn pacing; few big laughs
Cast & crew
François Damiens
as Philippe Mars
Vincent Macaigne
as Jérôme
Veerle Baetens
as Chloé
Jeanne Guittet
as Sarah Mars
Tom Rivoire
as Grégoire Mars
Léa Drucker
as Myriam
Michel Aumont
as Philippe's Father
Catherine Samie
as Philippe's Mother
Gaspard Meier-Chaurand
as Clément
Olivia Côte
as Fabienne Mars, alias Xanaé
Directed by Dominik Moll