First Look: Marion Cotillard In Guillaume Canet’s ‘Little White Lies’; Plus French Trailer

There’s definitely a small, but vocally snobby faction of film writers out there — yes, snobbier than us, believe it or not — who did not enjoy Guillaume Canet intense, genre-y mystery thriller, “Tell No One” which was a pretty sizable hit in France in 2006 and did well in the U.S. as well when it was finally released here in 2008. But it does have a 93% RT score and while not a film that made our best of list that year, and somewhat ephemeral of an experience, it’s still a thrill ride that we enjoyed.
Canet, also an actor (the French 20-something in “The Beach” alongside DiCaprio), but probably best well known as the lucky bastard that gets to bed Cotillard every night (they’re “domestic partners”) and he’s back with a new film called, “Les Petits Mouchoirs” (“Little White Lies”) and it stars once again, “Tell No One” star François Cluzet, plus Cotillard, Benoît Magimel and Gilles Lellouche. The synopsis is thus:

Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decides to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies they have been telling each other.

It’s a comedic drama, so it’s pretty much the polar opposite of “Tell No One” which is probably a good thing; repetition can be dull. The film is due in France in October, but it’s unclear when it’ll hit Stateside. Probably sometime in 2011. Updated: Here’s the French trailer which features Band Of Horses. [Rope Of Silicon/Movielicious]