Two best friends, Johanna and Jeanne, live in the small town of Decazeville, a mining town in France and sing in the music group "The Sirens". Suddenly their paths in music and in life drastically change...
Acting
Ledoyen and Roth's chemistry feels lived-in, not performed.
Direction
Krawczyk captures mining-town claustrophobia without pity.
Score
The Sirens' songs are genuinely catchy, not ironic parody.
Director
Gérard Krawczyk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Decazeville was a real mining town in crisis during the 90s; the film captures a region Hollywood ignored.
Virginie Ledoyen reportedly insisted on doing her own singing after hearing the demos, reshaping the entire sound.
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