Review of A Curtain Raiser

"Un lever de rideau" or "A Curtain Raiser" is a half-hour short film from 2006, so this one has its 10th anniversary this year. The writer and director here is François Ozon and he adapted a play by Henry de Montherlant here, which of course also means this is a French-language film. Make sure you get a decent set of subtitles if you're not fluent in the language. The cast includes Louis Garrel, who was one of France's young rising stars back then and Mathieu Amalric two years before he played a Bond villain. But back to this one here. The story is about a young man who wants to leave his girlfriend because she is always too late. Reason enough for splitting up? I am not sure. I thought the parts early on with Amalric were solid and I think Giocante, the only female actor in here also did an okay job and she also looks stunning of course. But I have never been big on Garrel I must admit and that's why the film eventually did not enough for me to recommend it. Mediocre in terms of the story, plot and action, the acting overall was not impressive enough so I would give it a thumbs-up. I also felt that maybe this should have been shorter like some of Ozon's other short film works, from the 90s for example. I like Ozon, but this one we have here is nowhere near my favorites from me. watch something else instead.