Although both have worked successfully independent of each other Agnes Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri also work exceptionally well as both writing and acting collaborators. Under The Rainbow is the eighth screenplay they have written together and they also acted together in seven - the exception being their screenplay Smoking, No Smoking, for director Alain Resnais; there were only two actors required and Resnais opted for his wife, Sabine Azema, and a regular from his acting company Pierre Arditti. They were also long-time partners in real life until an amicable split in 2012 which has certainly not affected their ability to write and act together. Under the Rainbow marks the fourth of their screenplays that Jaoui has also directed and her touch is as sure as ever in this homage-cum-satire of Charles Perrault, the brothers Grimm and others of the same ilk. The writers are by far the biggest 'names' in the cast but it would be churlish to single out and/or omit anyone from a tight-knit ensemble group. Magical.
Review of Under the Rainbow
