▁h ones ▁his ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁apparent ▁suic ide ▁of ▁a ▁small - town ▁woman , ▁a ▁local ▁celebr ity , ▁who ' s ▁life ▁mirror s ▁that ▁of ▁Mar il yn ▁Mon roe , ▁played ▁by ▁Soph ie ▁Qu inton . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁shot ▁on ▁ 3 5 ▁mm ▁film ▁stock ▁in ▁Dou bs , ▁France , ▁including ▁the ▁church ▁of ▁the ▁village ▁at ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁M out he . ▁It ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁in ▁France , ▁and ▁on ▁ 1 1 ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁in ▁United ▁States . ▁It ▁gross ed ▁over ▁$ 4 3 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁and ▁received ▁positive ▁reviews ▁from ▁critics , ▁some ▁of ▁whom ▁compared ▁it ▁favor ably ▁to ▁F argo , ▁T win ▁Pe aks ▁and ▁Laura . ▁ ▁The ▁film ' s ▁titles ▁( F rench ▁and ▁English ) ▁are ▁references ▁to ▁the ▁song ▁" I ▁W anna ▁Be ▁L oved ▁by ▁You " ▁which ▁s ung ▁by ▁Mon roe ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁Some ▁Like ▁It ▁Hot . ▁ ▁Plot ▁Tra vel ing ▁to ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁his ▁a unt ▁to ▁hear ▁the ▁reading ▁of ▁her ▁will , ▁David ▁R ous seau , ▁an ▁author ▁of ▁crime ▁nov els , ▁investig ates ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁a ▁beautiful ▁young ▁woman ▁named ▁Cand ice , ▁an ▁apparent ▁suic ide ▁in ▁M out he . ▁As ▁he ▁investig ates ▁Cand ice ' s ▁death ,