After stepping off The Last Metro (1980-also reviewed) I decided to take a look at what other French films from 1980 I have waiting to be viewed. Catching up on X-Mas/New Year films that I did not get round to seeing during the holiday season,I was pleased to find a title set during the festive season from 1980,that reunited the leads of The Last Metro.
View on the film:
Inviting four of her former partners round during the Christmas/New Year season for dinner, the screenplay by co-writer/(with Michel Grisolia) director Claude Berri rings in Alice's New Year with excellent flashbacks into each relationship, which explores the masculine dominant side of the men coming up against Alice's relaxed confidence for relationships to be on her own terms.
Serving up the failed relationships, the writers impressively avoid this from creating a gloomy mood, thanks to Alice's mature, thoughtful outlook to continue the each relationship as friends, whilst she continues to try and find a partner who shares the same refined outlook,and is at ease over what shape Alice desires the shape of the relationship to be.
Teaming up with Deneuve for the second time in 1980, Gerard Depardieu gives a merry turn as Patrick, whose lively bravado manner swaggers at odds with Alice's calm,contemplating gaze,which also catches the sigh of Serge Gainsbourg's wonderfully over-emotion turn as arty lover Simon,and Jean-Louis Trintignant bringing out a sweet, stumbling shyness in his turn as Julien.
Digging into the history of Alice, Catherine Deneuve gives a sparkling performance,thanks to Deneuve balancing Alice's maturity over staying strong on her beliefs over how the romantic relationships should be,with a infectious optimism for new love in a new relationship.
View on the film:
Inviting four of her former partners round during the Christmas/New Year season for dinner, the screenplay by co-writer/(with Michel Grisolia) director Claude Berri rings in Alice's New Year with excellent flashbacks into each relationship, which explores the masculine dominant side of the men coming up against Alice's relaxed confidence for relationships to be on her own terms.
Serving up the failed relationships, the writers impressively avoid this from creating a gloomy mood, thanks to Alice's mature, thoughtful outlook to continue the each relationship as friends, whilst she continues to try and find a partner who shares the same refined outlook,and is at ease over what shape Alice desires the shape of the relationship to be.
Teaming up with Deneuve for the second time in 1980, Gerard Depardieu gives a merry turn as Patrick, whose lively bravado manner swaggers at odds with Alice's calm,contemplating gaze,which also catches the sigh of Serge Gainsbourg's wonderfully over-emotion turn as arty lover Simon,and Jean-Louis Trintignant bringing out a sweet, stumbling shyness in his turn as Julien.
Digging into the history of Alice, Catherine Deneuve gives a sparkling performance,thanks to Deneuve balancing Alice's maturity over staying strong on her beliefs over how the romantic relationships should be,with a infectious optimism for new love in a new relationship.