"Olivier, Olivier" is one of the best films I've watched recently, and comes from one of the most creatively fruitful periods for cinema - the early 1990s. It is unpleasant yet riveting, thought-provoking, erotic, ambiguous, and beautifully detailed. The director, Agnieszka Holland, does not feel the need to do anything overly fancy: she relies on the locations (the deceptively quiet French countryside), the acting (powerful across the board, but the young Gregoire Colin and Marina Golovine, in particular, are revelations) and the story (full of twists and turns) to carry the film, and they do. The ending leaves a lot up for debate - just like a work of art should. ***1/2 out of 4.
Review of Olivier, Olivier
