This French film is a downer but believable to all of us at onetime or another. Vincent has lost his full time job which he was never interested in anyway. He is married with three growing children. Vincent is the Everyman. He creates elaborate web of lies and deception. The actor does a marvelous job. The film has a gloomy appearance and tone. It's a very melancholy film. Vincent is miserable obviously and a prisoner of society. Vincent is bounded by society to care for his wife and family. He seems lost in his world at times. In society, we are expected to work, get married and have children. Vincent has all that but lacks happiness or fulfillment. Vincent is a troubled man who needs help clinically. There are plenty of men like Vincent in the world today. There are men like Vincent who plan and escape their mundane lives whether for a new job or a new mate.
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