Fnc 2013: ‘La jalousie’ is a rare love story with heart and heartbreak
La Jalousie
Written by Marc Cholodenko and Caroline Deuras-Garrel
Directed by Philippe Garrel
France, 2013
Note. This review contains spoilers.
Jealousy is a strange thing. It can make people crazy. It can make people do things they never thought possible. Philippe Garrel’s new film La jalousie engages with the idea that we all have our own limits when it comes to love. The film follows Louis, played by the director’s own son, Louis Garrel, a stage actor in his early thirties who has recently left his wife and young daughter to live with another woman. Set in present-day Paris, the story examines the trials and tribulations of what the heart wants and how it breaks, over and over again.
The idea behind La jalousie came from Garrel’s childhood recollections of his father’s romantic relationships. Shot in striking black and white, the film truly does feel like an intimate matter,...
Written by Marc Cholodenko and Caroline Deuras-Garrel
Directed by Philippe Garrel
France, 2013
Note. This review contains spoilers.
Jealousy is a strange thing. It can make people crazy. It can make people do things they never thought possible. Philippe Garrel’s new film La jalousie engages with the idea that we all have our own limits when it comes to love. The film follows Louis, played by the director’s own son, Louis Garrel, a stage actor in his early thirties who has recently left his wife and young daughter to live with another woman. Set in present-day Paris, the story examines the trials and tribulations of what the heart wants and how it breaks, over and over again.
The idea behind La jalousie came from Garrel’s childhood recollections of his father’s romantic relationships. Shot in striking black and white, the film truly does feel like an intimate matter,...
- 10/24/2013
- by Trish Ferris
- SoundOnSight
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