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An unknown jewel

Posted : 14 years, 3 months ago on 17 August 2010 01:33 (A review of Je vous aime)

Basically, it is once again one of those really obscure French movies which I was the 1st one to have seen here on Listal so it might be one of the most obscure movies I have ever seen. I was above all attracted by the interesting cast but, to my surprise, I really loved this flick. It was directed by Claude Berri, a very well known director in France but never one of my favorites and, in my opinion, it is by far the best movie he has made, at least, among the ones I have seen. There was also a very good cast (Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gérard Depardieu, Serge Gainsbourg, Alain Souchon) and they all delivered some really solid performances. Anyway, the thing that most intrigued me was the story. Indeed, basically, it is a love story about one woman and the 4 men who were her lover at different times in her life. So, it was very dysfunctional and therefore very French but, somehow, I thought it was just fascinating and I thought it was just pretty awesome. Afterwards, I watched it again with my wife but since she always finds those French romances more annoying than entertaining, she didn't care much for it (the story of my life...). Anyway, in my opinion, it is one of the very best romantic features ever made and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in French movies.


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An unknown jewel

Posted : 14 years, 3 months ago on 17 August 2010 12:28 (A review of Go Now)

Back then, I had the opportunity to watch ‘Butterfly Kiss’ in the movie theater when it was released and I was really blown away by the whole thing. With this in mind, I was really eager to watch this 2nd movie directed by Michael Winterbottom so I saw this one also in the movie theater when it was out and, once again, Winterbottom really impressed me. Basically, it is the only film I have ever seen which deals with multiple sclerosis which happens to be a terrible disease. Anyway, the story was quite simple. Robert Carlyle meets a girl and they fall in the love right away. But after a couple of months, he starts to get multiple sclerosis and it gets worse and worse. The point is what should she do : dump him and leave him alone with this terrible disease or stay with him and spend her life with a cripple ? On one hand, they are so in love with each other but, on the other hand, they just met each other a couple weeks ago ! How do you take such a decision ? Anyway, it was some terrific stuff and the directing and acting was pretty amazing. To conclude, I thought it was a really strong drama and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Michael Winterbottom.



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