Looking for Hortense

2012 film by Pascal Bonitzer

Looking for Hortense
Film poster

French	Cherchez Hortense

Directed by	Pascal Bonitzer
Written by	Pascal Bonitzer Agnès de Sacy
Produced by	Saïd Ben Saïd Sarah Borch-Jacobsen Kevin Chneiweiss
Starring	Jean-Pierre Bacri Kristin Scott Thomas Isabelle Carré Claude Rich
Cinematography	Romain Winding
Edited by	Elise Fievet
Music by	Aleksey Aygi
Production company	SBS Productions
Distributed by	Le Pacte
Release date	5 September 2012 (2012-09-05)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$4.5 million
Box office	$3.3 million^[1]

Looking for Hortense (French: Cherchez Hortense) is a 2012 French comedy-drama film directed by Pascal Bonitzer.

Plot summary

Damien, a teacher of Asian civilization for business leaders, is instructed by his wife Iva to ask his father, a member of the judicial Council of State, to help to prevent the expulsion of a young woman of Serbian origin.

Cast

Jean-Pierre Bacri as Damien Hauer
Kristin Scott Thomas as Iva Delusi
Isabelle Carré as Aurore
Claude Rich as Sébastien Hauer
Jackie Berroyer as Lobatch
Benoît Jacquot as Kevadian
Agathe Bonitzer as Laetitia
Philippe Duclos as Henri Hortense
Marin Orcand Tourrès as Noé Hauer
Joséphine Derenne as Blandine Hauer
Arthur Igual as Antoine
Jérôme Beaujour as Campuche
Masahiro Kashiwagi as Satoshi
Iliana Lolitch as Véra
Francis Leplay as Marco
Stanislas Stanic as Marek

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews. As of June 2020^[update], the film holds a 56% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 18 reviews with an average rating of 5.35/10.^[2]