An average movie

I have to admit it, it has been a while since I saw this movie and I should probably re-watch it at some point. Since this movie is a huge classic in France and the last big critical and commercial success for François Truffaut before his untimely death, I had some rather huge expectations towards the whole thing but, to be honest, I had actually a hard time to really connect with the damned thing. I mean, sure, it was a decent watch and the cast including such actors like Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu was really neat but the story didn’t really blow me away.  I don’t know, for me, it was just another tale about how courageous the French people was during WWII, I’m afraid I have seen too many movies like this to care anymore and I think I’m in fact more interested in the movies telling a more ambiguous tale like the fascinating ‘Lacombe Lucien’ for example.  About the same topic, I also preferred ‘Mephisto’ which gave a much darker and spellbinding approach about the subject. Anyway, to conclude, even though I thought it was slightly disappointing, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in French movies. 


6/10