This cult film is the ultimate summer feature film: it offers a moment of escape and lightness from your sofa.
Our happy days, Stand by me, Les Bronzés… Many films smell like vacations and have the gift of automatically plunging viewers into the summer heat. While everyone can have their own preference when it comes to cinema, one of them is definitely on the podium of light and feel-good films that are a must-see when you need to escape.
Before being a feature film, it was also a musical comedy created in 1999 in London. When it was released in September 2008, the film divided critics, but was a real box-office success. In France, 1.5 million spectators discovered it in theaters. Across the world, the film earned nearly 615.7 million dollars and became the fifth highest-grossing film of the year. So much so that a second film, which successfully blends the sequel and the prequel, was released ten years later. This film is Mamma Mia !
In Mamma Mia!a young girl about to get married secretly invites three men she doesn’t know to the ceremony. And this, without her mother’s consent. Her goal: to discover who her father is among the three guests. But when they arrive, things are far from going as planned…
Mamma Mia! brings together all the ingredients to offer a perfect shot of good humor: a Greek island with azure water and fine sand for escape, dynamic covers of cult Abba songs for the dose of fun and lightness, a five-star cast (Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan or Colin Firth, no less!), a story that doesn’t take itself at all to disconnect and a small dose of romance for pleasure. Prepare to shake your hips to “Waterloo”, “Dancing Queen” or “Take your chance on me” during your viewing!
If you want to (re)discover Mamma Mia! and its sequel, Mamma Mia! Here we go againknow that these two films are available for streaming on the Netflix subscription platform and for rental or purchase on most VOD platforms. And if you want to go on vacation to the heavenly locations of the film, know that it was filmed on the island of Skopelos, in the village of Mouresi. Note for its next destination to discover.