Mileage could differ for “Marcello Mio,” a largely charming however sometimes aggravating French farce by the writer-director Christophe Honoré the place the actress Chiara Mastroianni — the daughter of Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve — performs a model of herself warped by insecurities so intense they set off a bout of paternal cosplay.
Early within the film, Chiara reads a scene for a movie by the director Nicole Garcia, who thinks that Chiara’s efficiency ought to channel Marcello quite than Catherine. The comment flips a change in our main nepo child, and later that night, she dons a black swimsuit and Borsalino hat to gallivant about Paris as her father reincarnate.
Within the days that observe, Chiara’s well-known mom and friends (additionally taking part in themselves) have a tough time accepting her homage. Is it an act of spite or folly? Playfully dodging this query, Honoré does handle a handful of humorous set items and a few visible curiosity; in a robust scene, Chiara as Marcello visits the actor Melvil Poupaud in a inexperienced room that transforms into an alleyway in interval setting.
There’s a prying form of pleasure in watching Melvil (Chiara’s real-life ex) declare that he promised Marcello (with whom he as soon as starred in a movie) that he would look out for Chiara. Some would possibly name it a “Preserving Up With the Kardashians” for followers of European cinema. Others would possibly say it’s a trifle. The movie’s ending, nonetheless, quantities to a bemused shrug.
Marcello Mio
In French, Italian and English with subtitles. Working time: 2 hours. In theaters.