JUST TO BE SURE 3rd August 2018
Just to be Sure Julian Wood, film critic FilmInk. Year: 2017 Rating: M Director: Carine Tardieu Cast: François Damiens, Cecile de France, Guy Marchand, Alice de Lencquesaing Running Time: 100 minutes Erwan Gourmelon (François Damiens) is an unpretentious middle-aged man with the responsible if quirky job of clearing old wartime munitions from his town’s beaches. He is on good terms with his father (Guy Marchand) but has a slightly spikey relationship with his grown-up daughter Juliette (the wonderful Alice de Lencquesaing). One day, Erwan finds out, by accident, that the man he grew up with is not his biological father. This sets up a dilemma because he is fond of his old man but, at the same time, he now has this itch to know who his real father is/was. The film is deliberately more like a Shakespearian comedy than a French farce, but director Carine Tardieu ( The Dandelions ) manages to keep the many side stories and the main romance likable and