Too bad. In many respects a very lush home movie, so uneven that it is nearly painful often, yet, a few times rises to a kind of respectablity. Belmondo is completely out of control, the guy playing the father of this mismatch is miscast, the son is overdone to the point of being charred, and yet, yet, you have a peerless performance by Madeleine Robinson. She never makes a false step. And whoever thunk up the notion of the woman for Leda, well, perhaps the most miscast of the lot.
The real hero is the villa. Wow. Knocks your eyes out.
The ending is very strange. How anybody of the bunch thinks they are going to keep the secret of the son murdering Leda past a few minutes from the police who are still on site , even as wonderfully as Robinson attacks the job, is amateur night.
However a villa anywhere anytime never looked better. What a setting, hard to take your eyes off it and look at all the bad acting. Very inspired casting.
The real hero is the villa. Wow. Knocks your eyes out.
The ending is very strange. How anybody of the bunch thinks they are going to keep the secret of the son murdering Leda past a few minutes from the police who are still on site , even as wonderfully as Robinson attacks the job, is amateur night.
However a villa anywhere anytime never looked better. What a setting, hard to take your eyes off it and look at all the bad acting. Very inspired casting.