To me, a Masterpiece seemingly overlooked.
Everything falls into places, just one night in Paris, shortly after WWII, and we see some very strange encounters that all look like having been set up beforehand. The bridge of San Luis Rey, anyone? To me, it is the same subject, in a cinematographic perspective. While I don't understand all the details, it is amazing how everything falls into their seemingly predetermined places.
Others write 'someone who thinks he is destiny', I actually see destiny. It leads us to ponder how much of individual grades of freedom we actually have.
I also like the 'round' plot: it starts at dawn at a specific rail station with some people and it finishes at exactly that station with some of the same people after a drawn-out night of 'destined' encounters.
Everything falls into places, just one night in Paris, shortly after WWII, and we see some very strange encounters that all look like having been set up beforehand. The bridge of San Luis Rey, anyone? To me, it is the same subject, in a cinematographic perspective. While I don't understand all the details, it is amazing how everything falls into their seemingly predetermined places.
Others write 'someone who thinks he is destiny', I actually see destiny. It leads us to ponder how much of individual grades of freedom we actually have.
I also like the 'round' plot: it starts at dawn at a specific rail station with some people and it finishes at exactly that station with some of the same people after a drawn-out night of 'destined' encounters.