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Chiara Mastroianni enacts a distorted father cosplay in this French farce, also with her mother, Catherine Deneuve.
By Natalia Winkelman
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Mileage may vary for “Marcello Mio,” a mostly charming but occasionally aggravating French farce by the writer-director Christophe Honoré where the actress Chiara Mastroianni — the daughter of Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve — plays a version of herself warped by insecurities so intense they trigger a bout of paternal cosplay.
Early in the movie, Chiara reads a scene for a film by the director Nicole Garcia, who thinks that Chiara’s performance should channel Marcello rather than Catherine. The remark flips a switch in our leading nepo baby, and later that evening, she dons a black suit and Borsalino hat to gallivant about Paris as her father reincarnate.
On the following days, the noted mother and Chiara’s companions (they also play themselves) have accepted their tribute. Is it an act of resent or madness? Dodifying with this playful question, Honoré manages a handful of fun decorations and a safe visual interest; In a strong scene, Chiara while Marcello visits actor Melvil Poupaud in a green room that becomes a alley in the era.
There is a type of emotion to see Melvil (the real life of Chiara’s real life) to affirm that he promised Marcello (with whom he starred in a movie) that he would look for Chiara. Some could call it “keep up with the Kardashians” for European cinema enthusiasts. Others could say that it is a bit. The end of the film, however, shrugs.
Marcello MioIn French, Italian and English with subtitles. Running time: 2 hours. In theaters.
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