This movie was awful. Truly awful. I count myself as an Eric Rohmer fan. I loved My Night with Maude and Claire's Knee. I also like slow, arty movies: Kechiche, Chabrol, the Dardenne brothers, Kieslowski, Inarritu, Farhadi, Tarkovsky are all directors I admire. But this movie was insane. First the plot makes no sense. A young rather stupid (by her own view) woman, Felicie, has an affair one summer with a man, Charles, that, even 5 years later, she is convinced is the love of her life. But she doesn't know his last name? And because of a "slip" she gave him an incorrect for her? Really?
Then skip ahead 5 years. Felicie is torn between 2 lovers: 1 is her hairdresser boss Maxence. The other is an intellectual who works in a library, Loic. She won't truly commit to either of them because she is sure one day Charles will miraculously appear. Meanwhile, she has had a daughter Elise (now 5 years old) by Charles. Her mother generally takes care of Elise. But when Max takes a job in Nevers (they had been in Paris) she impulsively joins him, dragging Elise. along. Then just as impulsively, 2 days later she decides to return to Paris, again dragging Elise along. That poor child.
What was the worst, though, is the pretentious, stilted dialogue. It was so ridiculous and awkward that half the audience was laughing at the movie. And I saw it at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in NYC. Really, I had to review this movie because the 7.3 rating it gets on IMDb is just way too high. Don't put yourself through this movie!!
Then skip ahead 5 years. Felicie is torn between 2 lovers: 1 is her hairdresser boss Maxence. The other is an intellectual who works in a library, Loic. She won't truly commit to either of them because she is sure one day Charles will miraculously appear. Meanwhile, she has had a daughter Elise (now 5 years old) by Charles. Her mother generally takes care of Elise. But when Max takes a job in Nevers (they had been in Paris) she impulsively joins him, dragging Elise. along. Then just as impulsively, 2 days later she decides to return to Paris, again dragging Elise along. That poor child.
What was the worst, though, is the pretentious, stilted dialogue. It was so ridiculous and awkward that half the audience was laughing at the movie. And I saw it at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in NYC. Really, I had to review this movie because the 7.3 rating it gets on IMDb is just way too high. Don't put yourself through this movie!!