It's not like I simply love everything that is French. Au contraire!
But there is no denying it that French movies from the old days often
have something very special about them. Artistic, quiet, beautiful,
engaging and for from boring, even though not an awful lot is always
happening in it, as is also the case with this movie.
It actually is its simplicity that makes this movie. Everything is very
clear about this movie; we know who the main characters is and what she
is going through. It's a movie without little complications to its
story and instead decides to simply follow its main character and a
couple of hours of her life.
Another beautiful thing about this movie is that it's actually about a
pretty heavy and serious subject. This movie could had so easily turned
into something dramatic and sentimental but it instead feels like a
very positive movie. It's a nice spin to the genre and it takes a real
pleasant approach, that also helps to make this movie a very engaging
one.
This is at least what I got from this movie. As often is the case with
these sort of movies, you might get something totally different out of
it. It's also obviously being filled with metaphors and symbolism,
without this ever becoming too distracting by the way. But because of
this storytelling approach, you might interpret things different as I
did, so it really still above all things is something you have to
experience for yourself.
It's a beautifully shot movie with some great camera-work at times. The
movie is deliberately being kept small and simplistic, with both its
story and visuals, which all was something director Agnès Varda
obviously understood- and handled very well. It's a subtly done film,
that perhaps requires multiple viewing to fully get everything out of
it.
Nicely done genre film with a great approach to it.
8/10
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