Oh Lord, this was really bad! You think with all those marvellous actresses and actors and this brilliant story, nothing can go wrong, but - they marred it completely.
Starting with hilarious miscasting (Catherine Deneuve is far too old and not sensuous enough), over boring, wooden dialogue to incompetent camera work - there is one scene which has two of the leading characters talking to another, and you don't even get to see the face of one of them!
Shifting the story into the present may be an interesting idea, but the script does not take the simplest care in adapting to this.
See another version of this, the Stephen-Frears-film if you can. But do miss this one!
Starting with hilarious miscasting (Catherine Deneuve is far too old and not sensuous enough), over boring, wooden dialogue to incompetent camera work - there is one scene which has two of the leading characters talking to another, and you don't even get to see the face of one of them!
Shifting the story into the present may be an interesting idea, but the script does not take the simplest care in adapting to this.
See another version of this, the Stephen-Frears-film if you can. But do miss this one!