Boston Globe published a very positive review for The Dandelions by Carine Tardieu, the dramedy with Agnes Jaoui that is included in Boston French Film Festival:"More Jewish characters and a winning mix of poignancy and humor distinguish Carine Tardieu's “The Dandelions” (Du vent dans mes mollets, screening July 25 and 28), a coming-of-age story that triumphs over cliché thanks to its terrific cast and inventive direction. Children in French films are usually light-years from Hollywood cuteness, and this film’s 9-year-old protagonist, Rachel (Juliette Gombert), is no exception. She lives with her loving but overprotective mother (Agnès Jaoui, not afraid to look haggard) and Holocaust-survivor father (Comédie Française vet Denis Podalydès), a renovator of kitchens who has let his own family’s home decay in 1980s provincial France. Rachel acquires a new best friend, the spunky and lovable Valérie (Anna Lemarchand). Together, they offer a wonderfully realistic and fanciful portrait of girlhood." To read the other reviews of the movies in the Boston French Fillm festival click here
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