| Declaration of War | |
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| Directed by | Valérie Donzelli |
| Written by | Jérémie Elkaïm Valérie Donzelli |
| Produced by | Edouard Weil |
| Starring | Valérie Donzelli |
| Cinematography | Sébastien Buchmann |
| Edited by | Pauline Gaillard |
| Distributed by | Wild Bunch Distribution |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $1.6 million [1] |
| Box office | $7.7 million [2] |
Declaration of War (French: La Guerre est déclarée) is a 2011 French film directed by Valérie Donzelli, and written by and starring Donzelli and Jérémie Elkaïm; it is based on actual events in their lives together, when they were a young couple caring for their dangerously ill son.[3][4] It was released on the 31 August 2011 and received very positive reviews; Allociné, a review aggregation website gave it an average of 4.3 stars out of five.[5] Le Monde gave it a full five stars, saying "Against cancer, an undoubtable force of happiness".[6] The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards,[7][8] but it did not make the final shortlist.[9]
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- ^ "La Guerre est déclarée: Les critiques presse".
- ^ ""La guerre est déclarée" : Contre le cancer, la force redoutable du bonheur". Le Monde.fr. 30 August 2011.
- ^ Leffler, Rebecca (16 September 2011). "France Makes a 'Declaration of War' in Foreign-Language Oscar Race". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
- ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar". Retrieved 2012-01-19.