Unlike the Jacques Rivette film I watched yesterday, "Love On The Ground", I didn't much enjoy "Histoire de Marie et Julien". Although it's about 25 minutes shorter, it actually felt much longer. It's a morose, monotonous, humorless and deliberately pedestrian despite its metaphysical / fantasy elements film. It almost seems designed to allow you to take a little nap every once in a while without missing much. But be sure to be awake for the film's one striking image - it comes near the very end and of course I won't spoil it here (it has something to do with tears). ** out of 4.
Review of The Story of Marie and Julien
