Reminded of the sweet film Amélie when talking to a fellow IMDber about the Cinema Du Look movement,I felt that it was the perfect time to catch a glimpse of its lead star: Audrey Tautou.Planning to get Tautou movies on DVD,I got very lucky and stumbled on a movie of Tautou's online (with English Subs!) which led to me getting ready to pull the petals of love.
The plot:
Running into neighbour Dr.Loïc Le Garrec, Angélique finds herself quickly falling in love.Becoming obsessed with Garrec, Angélique starts making plans for them to go on holiday and to start a family. Learning that a patient is suing Garrec after they got into a fight, Angélique decides to pay the patient a visit,which causes the patient to die of fright. Seeing these events as making their love stronger, Angélique soon discovers that Garrec has a completely different perspective on their romance.
View on the film:
Taking the bones of the Erotic Thriller,the screenplay by co- writer/(along with Caroline Thivel) director Laetitia Colombani turns the sub-genre on its head with a quirky delight,which gives the extreme distance that Angélique goes to express her love a distinctively quirky edge. Cutting the title in half on a specific event,the writers brilliantly switch the films mood from playful Comedy to dark Thriller via giving Angélique's side a lightness that keeps everything skin-deep,which digs in as Garrec starts to becoming aware of the unfolding nightmare.
Going blue for Garrec,director Colombani and cinematographer Pierre Aïm play the love game with a kind of blue,as stylish deep blue's soak up the romantic, breezy mood Garrec casts over Angélique.Opening up her private life, Colombani whirls the movie in a maze of colour, scatted across the screen in eye-catching, ill- fitting patrons matching the odds and fading ends that Angélique has used to make her dream romance painting. Trapped in an unknown romance, Samuel Le Bihan gives a great performance as Garrec, fuelled by Bihan giving Garrec busted nerves over the "gifts" Angélique sends him.Looking like a broken china doll, Audrey Tautou gives an excellent performance as Angélique,whose quirky warmth Tautou cleverly uses to boil a peculiar viciousness,which spills over as Angélique wonders if her loves me,or he loves me not.
The plot:
Running into neighbour Dr.Loïc Le Garrec, Angélique finds herself quickly falling in love.Becoming obsessed with Garrec, Angélique starts making plans for them to go on holiday and to start a family. Learning that a patient is suing Garrec after they got into a fight, Angélique decides to pay the patient a visit,which causes the patient to die of fright. Seeing these events as making their love stronger, Angélique soon discovers that Garrec has a completely different perspective on their romance.
View on the film:
Taking the bones of the Erotic Thriller,the screenplay by co- writer/(along with Caroline Thivel) director Laetitia Colombani turns the sub-genre on its head with a quirky delight,which gives the extreme distance that Angélique goes to express her love a distinctively quirky edge. Cutting the title in half on a specific event,the writers brilliantly switch the films mood from playful Comedy to dark Thriller via giving Angélique's side a lightness that keeps everything skin-deep,which digs in as Garrec starts to becoming aware of the unfolding nightmare.
Going blue for Garrec,director Colombani and cinematographer Pierre Aïm play the love game with a kind of blue,as stylish deep blue's soak up the romantic, breezy mood Garrec casts over Angélique.Opening up her private life, Colombani whirls the movie in a maze of colour, scatted across the screen in eye-catching, ill- fitting patrons matching the odds and fading ends that Angélique has used to make her dream romance painting. Trapped in an unknown romance, Samuel Le Bihan gives a great performance as Garrec, fuelled by Bihan giving Garrec busted nerves over the "gifts" Angélique sends him.Looking like a broken china doll, Audrey Tautou gives an excellent performance as Angélique,whose quirky warmth Tautou cleverly uses to boil a peculiar viciousness,which spills over as Angélique wonders if her loves me,or he loves me not.