---
title: 'Declaration of War (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Valérie Donzelli'
released: '2011-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/declaration-of-war-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1931470/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Declaration of War (2011)

2011 · 100 min · Drama, Comedy · France

Original title: La guerre est déclarée

## Synopsis

Declaration of War 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. 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. Le Monde gave it a full five stars, saying "Against cancer, an undoubtable force of happiness". The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Valérie Donzelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-donzelli)
- **Screenplay:** [Valérie Donzelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-donzelli), [Jérémie Elkaïm](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremie-elkaim)
- **Editor:** [Pauline Gaillard](https://cinepixo.com/people/pauline-gaillard)
- **Producer:** [Édouard Weil](https://cinepixo.com/people/edouard-weil)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sébastien Buchmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastien-buchmann)

## Cast

- [Marion Lécrivain](https://cinepixo.com/people/marion-lecrivain)
- [Valérie Donzelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-donzelli)
- [Riad Sattouf](https://cinepixo.com/people/riad-sattouf)
- [Esteban Carvajal Alegria](https://cinepixo.com/people/esteban-carvajal-alegria)
- [Philippe Laudenbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-laudenbach)
- [Jennifer Decker](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-decker)
- [Jérémie Elkaïm](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremie-elkaim)
- [Alain Kruger](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-kruger)
- [Marie-Sohna Condé](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-sohna-conde)
- [Brigitte Sy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brigitte-sy)
- [Serge Bozon](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-bozon)
- [Pauline Gaillard](https://cinepixo.com/people/pauline-gaillard)
- [Anne Le Ny](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-le-ny)
- [Laurent Lacotte](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurent-lacotte)
- [Katia Lewkowicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/katia-lewkowicz)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/declaration-of-war-2011
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