Everyone who writes so befuddled, about what a time-waster this film is, claims it was two hours they can't get back. For me, it felt like an hour. Objectively, it was an hour-&-a-half. Initial impressions... On the plus side : (1) Patrick Blossier's gorgeous photography, (2)Lindon & Devos's perfect embodiment of the Ordinary Couple, and, (3) a chance to see an author adapt his own novel in complete control. Downsides: (1) Philip Glass's standard, distractingly portentous score, (2) a protracted denouement that reeks of mystification-for-mystification's-sake, and.. -- as an aside -maybe this is my own fault- *for all the tea in France I couldn't recognize the novel I had read 8 year ago, in it's new cinematic form.*
Better to step on a live lizard than eat a dead snail, as my mother never said. If this review has helped anyone, I demand an explanation.
Better to step on a live lizard than eat a dead snail, as my mother never said. If this review has helped anyone, I demand an explanation.