Fans of Romy Schneider will come to this film and in the process of rediscovering her uncanny beauty, get acquainted with a wonderful (art-wise) and dramatic production from Claude Sautet, and I knew nothing about him till now!
The story is simple, played superbly (more by Romy Schneider than Michel Piccoli), told, developed and remembered in a backward non-linear motion, the style of which reminds me as the one used (though more simple and diluted in this one) by Gaspard Noé 's 'Irreversible'.
The visual effects of the crash are stunning for 1970 as are the unimaginable number of cigarettes smoked throughout the movie by nearly everybody every 10-20 seconds literally! And Michel Piccoli lived a long healthy life 6 years shy of his 100 birthday.
As with all foreign productions, better to watch in the original language with subtitles
Writers Sandro Continenza, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Paul Guimard and especially the music and score by the famous composer Philippe Sarde are worth mentioning.
Is it me or old movies bear that kind of simplicity, magic and quality that are not felt and sensed with most of nowadays productions.
The story is simple, played superbly (more by Romy Schneider than Michel Piccoli), told, developed and remembered in a backward non-linear motion, the style of which reminds me as the one used (though more simple and diluted in this one) by Gaspard Noé 's 'Irreversible'.
The visual effects of the crash are stunning for 1970 as are the unimaginable number of cigarettes smoked throughout the movie by nearly everybody every 10-20 seconds literally! And Michel Piccoli lived a long healthy life 6 years shy of his 100 birthday.
As with all foreign productions, better to watch in the original language with subtitles
Writers Sandro Continenza, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Paul Guimard and especially the music and score by the famous composer Philippe Sarde are worth mentioning.
Is it me or old movies bear that kind of simplicity, magic and quality that are not felt and sensed with most of nowadays productions.
- Screenplay/storyline/plots: 7.5
- Development: 8.5
- Realism: 8
- Entertainment: 8.5
- Acting: 8.5
- Filming/photography/cinematography: 8
- VFX: 8.5
- Music/score/sound: 8.5
- Depth: 7.5
- Logic: 6.5
- Flow: 7.5
- Drama/romance: 7
- Ending: 7.