A very good comedy about the love at the sixties.Emile discovers a new life after the death of this good friend.I like very much this film for the description of lives of these people in the village.The performances of Daniel Prevost, Bulle Ogier and Hélène Vincent are excellent.
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dbdumonteil6 November 2016
(English equivalent of this famous French proverb ): "great oaks from little acorns grow"
Pascal Rabaté takes a taboo subject (seventy -something's sexuality) and gives it a cheerful treatment;although the screenplay looses steam in the last third ,with hackneyed clichés such as the neo- hippie community and the girl-doing-soul-searching and a pointless trick as the providential car crash,it is pleasant to watch.
The choice of the actors is amazing:pitting a comedy actor such as Daniel Prevost against the most cerebral French actress might have been downright embarrassing,particularly for someone like me who is not exactly a Bulle Ogier fan . But it works :the scenes between Prevost and Ogier,against all odds ,ring true ,particularly the Thé Dansant.
There are good moments ,mostly in the first part:
-the two pals,fishing in the river;then ,after Edmond's death,Emile by the river ,with two fishing rods ,but alone..
-the afternoon with the son and the daughter-in-law ,in which all the lines hit home .
-After the car crash ,the relationship with the retired schoolteacher is a little botched ,but saved by Hélène Vincent (whose performances in "La Vie Est Un Long Fleuve Tranquille " and "Quelques Heures De Printemps" remain memorable).
A lot of nudity ;only those in Emile's mind are a bit embarrassing.
Like this ? Try these ....
"La Vieille Dame Indigne" (René Allio,1970)
"About Schmidt " Alexander Payne ,2002)
Pascal Rabaté takes a taboo subject (seventy -something's sexuality) and gives it a cheerful treatment;although the screenplay looses steam in the last third ,with hackneyed clichés such as the neo- hippie community and the girl-doing-soul-searching and a pointless trick as the providential car crash,it is pleasant to watch.
The choice of the actors is amazing:pitting a comedy actor such as Daniel Prevost against the most cerebral French actress might have been downright embarrassing,particularly for someone like me who is not exactly a Bulle Ogier fan . But it works :the scenes between Prevost and Ogier,against all odds ,ring true ,particularly the Thé Dansant.
There are good moments ,mostly in the first part:
-the two pals,fishing in the river;then ,after Edmond's death,Emile by the river ,with two fishing rods ,but alone..
-the afternoon with the son and the daughter-in-law ,in which all the lines hit home .
-After the car crash ,the relationship with the retired schoolteacher is a little botched ,but saved by Hélène Vincent (whose performances in "La Vie Est Un Long Fleuve Tranquille " and "Quelques Heures De Printemps" remain memorable).
A lot of nudity ;only those in Emile's mind are a bit embarrassing.
Like this ? Try these ....
"La Vieille Dame Indigne" (René Allio,1970)
"About Schmidt " Alexander Payne ,2002)
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