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Week-end à Zuydcoote (1964)
After reading the book (as a Merle fan)
After just finishing reading the novel, which I regard now as one of the best war time books and which for me spoke about poignancy, faith, sexuality, believes (not as per faith itself) and manhood, I have decided to watch the movie as well.
The movie mostly faithfully depicts the events in the novels and mostly stays true to it. Unfortunately though the movie lacks the heart and soul of the novel and rather gives (for me) a third person view of the main character as we follow him and the events in contrast to the source material.
The cast for the most part is good, though obviously Belmondo excels in his role. Set design, atmosphere and looks are incredibly good, even in 2022, if you are used to 60 - 70s era movies.
Overall, it's an entertaining movie,IF YOU HAVENT READ THE NOVEL BY NOW, THEN GO AND WATCH THE MOVIE, but for someone regarding the source material in a high esteem, unfortunatelly its a disapointment.
Cheers,
David from Hungary.