a beautiful, beautiful movie without sentimentality, but with great music and wonderful depths of feeling by the actors. Highly recommended, especially for Auteil, and Beart, who has never looked more stunning. I don't see why I should have to write more than this, since brevity is the soul of wit-as one English wag once said, even though I'm not trying to be witty. However, I'll do what it takes to convince you that you should see this film if you like French film or just film in general. The movie reverses the stereotypical Hollywood gender clichés and, in so doing, invigorates the entire genre of the tragic romance.