Antoine is rude, terrible rude and why? Has he put himself in a position, or being put, which he hardly, which he only can handle by behaving as he does: nothing to loose? Fed up to play the game which we all play, each one according the part destiny tells us to play? Antoine seems nothing to lose, telling on his birthday his friends and family what he thinks. A friend of his wife sees him with a woman. His girlfriend? Really? As he tells his wife: it is not what it looks like.
And looking guilty. Hesitating to tell his accusing wife the truth. He leaves in his posh car. Behind: his career, his wealth, his family. On his way to Ireland and a visit to his father he should have visited years ago. In the last minute of the film, as in the book, the why-answer is given and the after text reveals more. Him, playing in the garden with his children, his wife looking through the window at the scene and remembering this scene when her husbands father tells her the truth. The actor knows of course the reason of her husband strange behavior. During the birthday party she looks puzzled at her husband: and reveals what she, the actor, knows and should not know. The apparent lover is not only a friend and more .... Antoine is honest. As a father should be and seldom is. But rude honesty crosses the line of decency he as member of society should be respected - which he doesn't but should.
Otherwise we are barbarians, following nature and deny what humanity has achieved. Many receive the information Antoine receives. Some react as he does. Some deny. Some are ... Deux jour à tuer, the films title. Tuer means 'to kill': He 'kills' not only the weekend but does not accept achieved tradition of decency. The movie is a book, following, guided by the author, the book. We see what we see but it is only the peak of the truth.
And looking guilty. Hesitating to tell his accusing wife the truth. He leaves in his posh car. Behind: his career, his wealth, his family. On his way to Ireland and a visit to his father he should have visited years ago. In the last minute of the film, as in the book, the why-answer is given and the after text reveals more. Him, playing in the garden with his children, his wife looking through the window at the scene and remembering this scene when her husbands father tells her the truth. The actor knows of course the reason of her husband strange behavior. During the birthday party she looks puzzled at her husband: and reveals what she, the actor, knows and should not know. The apparent lover is not only a friend and more .... Antoine is honest. As a father should be and seldom is. But rude honesty crosses the line of decency he as member of society should be respected - which he doesn't but should.
Otherwise we are barbarians, following nature and deny what humanity has achieved. Many receive the information Antoine receives. Some react as he does. Some deny. Some are ... Deux jour à tuer, the films title. Tuer means 'to kill': He 'kills' not only the weekend but does not accept achieved tradition of decency. The movie is a book, following, guided by the author, the book. We see what we see but it is only the peak of the truth.