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Le carton (2004)
one funny movie, simple and effective...
I did not expect much from a low budget French movie with a cast of relative newcomers. The plot is very simple. A guy has to move out in a day, completely unprepared, and drive his mum to the airport.
Completely stressed out, he calls his friends for help. Short notice however results in all his friends making it with an agenda of their own.
The comic is mostly situation (quiproquo), but had me in stitched on quite a few occasions. The actors act simple and natural and sends us back to the careless days of students move.
I will not give away the numerous twists of the story however some Bulgarian model is involved in a photoshoot, various items of furnitures thrown out the window and some poor dog smashed by a fridge (not shown sadly!)
À boire (2004)
weird alcoholic movie
the cast bodes well. Emmanuelle Beart is one of the finest French actress of the pas decades and appearances from Jacky Berroyer are always crowd favourites. However the movie misses the point. by a mile.
Set in a French ski resort (Avoriaz?), 3 lost characters are on the edge of losing the plot. So was I. Alcohol is the main topic and is recurrent throughout the movie,from drunken parties to lonely sips.
Emmanuelle Beart stars as a lost bimbo, close from prostitution in the little microcosm of the resort. The comedy comes solely when the supporting cast comes along, but altogether to rarely to categorize the movie as such. In the end I felt confused, as the movie seems to lose its focus, just like a drunk. Maybe that was the aim. If it was, that was lost on me...