On Air: Movie Review

On Air: Movie Review

Cast: Karin Viard, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Director: Pierre Pinaud

From writer/ director, this French dramedy takes a look at the world of radio phone ins.

And specifically to the 40 something Melina, a host whose expertise is getting to the heart of her callers' problems but whose real life is perhaps unsurprisingly, a mess. She lives alone in a starched apartment and avoids contact and sustained relationships with anyone outside of her daily life.

But she harbours a secret - a life and family before the success of the radio gig - and she decides to find her family.

There's a subtlety to Pinaud's film and while it's not immediately engaging thanks to a starched lead actress, it takes a while to warm to. Thankfully a romantic spark between her character Melina and Lucas, a would be love interest (Duvauchelle) gives the proceedings a frisson of excitement.

Ambiguously put together and with an at times ambivalent attitude towards the proceedings, On Air is a quirky and engaging little dramedy that's worth watching play out.

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