Or i did not understand anything of the movie. Yet, I would rather insist on the conclusion there is nothing funny about that story!
3 Reviews
This is not a comedy.
linskiden17 April 2021
Whatever happened to Adrian Palatine ?
ulicknormanowen11 March 2021
A missed opportunity ;the subject was appealing :a child actor coming to terms with the fact that he's no longer a star but a failed thespian ;everyone's not Elizabeth Taylor or Mickey Rooney.
Unfortunately , the subject is skimmed over , leaving the lion's share to the hero''s sexuality ; no hint at former glories after the beginning ; instead ,de rigueur so called funny scenes in the pharmacy or in the doctor's office ,dealing with the hero's impotence , with a total lack of finesse and decency (it's all in your head ,doc says ); it's difficult to feel for this bland young man , taking refuge in dad's and mom's home : both are caricatures of what the French call "bourgeois bohèmes ": Christophe(r) Lambert and Emmanuelle Devos are given extremely poor parts, with underwritten lines: the expected confession of the mom takes the biscuit ,but restores Adrien 's manliness !
In consequence, the scenes where the former star rehearses scenes from a hypothetical movie about the life of ...Charles de Gaulle retain a certain humor (the scene of the moustache is perhaps the funniest in the whole story),and the life of France 's greatest man of the twentieth century is given an almost tongue in cheek treatment.One can also save the excellent scene in the therapy center with the black psychologist whose words ring truer than the mother's interminable "I've been through it all too "monologue : it's the only scene in which Vincent Lacoste really rises up to the occasion ,his jerky lines go straight to the heart .
Unfortunately , the subject is skimmed over , leaving the lion's share to the hero''s sexuality ; no hint at former glories after the beginning ; instead ,de rigueur so called funny scenes in the pharmacy or in the doctor's office ,dealing with the hero's impotence , with a total lack of finesse and decency (it's all in your head ,doc says ); it's difficult to feel for this bland young man , taking refuge in dad's and mom's home : both are caricatures of what the French call "bourgeois bohèmes ": Christophe(r) Lambert and Emmanuelle Devos are given extremely poor parts, with underwritten lines: the expected confession of the mom takes the biscuit ,but restores Adrien 's manliness !
In consequence, the scenes where the former star rehearses scenes from a hypothetical movie about the life of ...Charles de Gaulle retain a certain humor (the scene of the moustache is perhaps the funniest in the whole story),and the life of France 's greatest man of the twentieth century is given an almost tongue in cheek treatment.One can also save the excellent scene in the therapy center with the black psychologist whose words ring truer than the mother's interminable "I've been through it all too "monologue : it's the only scene in which Vincent Lacoste really rises up to the occasion ,his jerky lines go straight to the heart .
Youth in torment - again.
Mozjoukine19 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Fielding the fresh French talent of the moment, this one looks like another run through of the tribulations of joining adult life that we used to get from Truffaut or Claude Berri but as it rolls on we get something more perverse and finally more substantial.
One time child movie star Lacoste meets frustration at every turn as he finds his late twenties slipping away. Lost keys precipitate homelessness. Moving in with mum shrink Devos and dad Lambert, whose major preoccupation is mixing tomato and vodka doesn't make thing any more secure. His loser friends are no help and getting together with winning school girl Noée Abita when he's having trouble getting it up (erectile disfunction is impossible at 27 the doctor prompts) is bound to be a disaster. He loses the leading role in a life of De Gaule to the fellow actor who jokes about Vincent's fear of nudity. He can't even get therapy right.
Devos' reappearance give the piece the extra substance it needs and then at the last minute they manage to turn this around one more time.
First time director Antoine de Bary has expanded the film from the short he did with juvenile of the moment Lacoste with excellent performances and film craft. It's kind of winning.
One time child movie star Lacoste meets frustration at every turn as he finds his late twenties slipping away. Lost keys precipitate homelessness. Moving in with mum shrink Devos and dad Lambert, whose major preoccupation is mixing tomato and vodka doesn't make thing any more secure. His loser friends are no help and getting together with winning school girl Noée Abita when he's having trouble getting it up (erectile disfunction is impossible at 27 the doctor prompts) is bound to be a disaster. He loses the leading role in a life of De Gaule to the fellow actor who jokes about Vincent's fear of nudity. He can't even get therapy right.
Devos' reappearance give the piece the extra substance it needs and then at the last minute they manage to turn this around one more time.
First time director Antoine de Bary has expanded the film from the short he did with juvenile of the moment Lacoste with excellent performances and film craft. It's kind of winning.
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