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Just an Illusion review – Louis Garrel and Camille Cottin sizzle as an 80s couple in crisis

The directing duo behind uplifting mega-hit Intouchables return for this heartwarming coming-of-age drama, but it is the parents in the story who pull focus Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano are the French directors who created the uplifting mega-hit Intouchables , about a wealthy quadriplegic and his carer. Now the pair bring their brand of squishy heartwarming charm to the 1980s, with this nostalgic movie about a 13-year-old boy growing up in the Paris suburbs. It’s funny and sweet but I couldn’t help feeling the film-makers missed a trick; their coming-of-age plot is all very well, but Louis Garrel and Call My Agent! star Camille...

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