I first saw Le Château de ma mère and La Gloire de mon père shortly after their release in 1990. At first, I gave a higher ranking to Le Château. I just saw the two movies again, and now it's La Gloire who's coming on first.
But it is not to say that Le Château is not a good movie. It's an EXCELLENT movie. The saga of Marcel continues. Young Marcel Pagnol that is. The cast is again great: Philippe Caubère and Nathalie Roussel shine, Juline Ciamaca does a great job as Marcel.
And, once again, we get a taste of life in France's countryside, its colors, its ways of doing things. Great!
Too bad, there was not a third movie to follow La Gloire and Le Château.
See this one!
Out of 100, I gave it 86. That's good for ***½ out of ****. I gave La Gloire de mon père the same star rating, but 87 out of 100.
Seen again at home, in Toronto, on August 11th, 2002.
But it is not to say that Le Château is not a good movie. It's an EXCELLENT movie. The saga of Marcel continues. Young Marcel Pagnol that is. The cast is again great: Philippe Caubère and Nathalie Roussel shine, Juline Ciamaca does a great job as Marcel.
And, once again, we get a taste of life in France's countryside, its colors, its ways of doing things. Great!
Too bad, there was not a third movie to follow La Gloire and Le Château.
See this one!
Out of 100, I gave it 86. That's good for ***½ out of ****. I gave La Gloire de mon père the same star rating, but 87 out of 100.
Seen again at home, in Toronto, on August 11th, 2002.