Games of Love and Chance (L'Esquive) (2004)

Best 2nd Directorial Effort from 1923 until 2023 (210 movies items)

"directed by Abdellatif Kechiche"

A good movie

“Since I really loved 'La vie d'Adèle', I was really eager to check this first critical success from Abdellatif Kechiche, especially since it won at the time the César for the Best French movie of the year. Well, to be honest, it was a rather tough watch and it took me a while to really get into the damned thing. Indeed, even though I'm French, I still struggled to understand what the characters were saying as they usually spoke in such a heavy French street slang. On top of that, most of their conversations ended up in some big arguments with the characters constantly shouting and swearing at each other. And, yet, it slowly won me over. Indeed, in such an emotional draining environment, a young boy actually falls in love with one of his classmates while she is rehearsing a play written b” read more