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 by Marivaux. Of course, in a mainstream feature, you would get a sweet but rather predictable and boring romance but, here, they kept it really grounded in reality and the end-result was just so much more interesting to behold. Indeed, even the rules of love were seemingly really simple in this world  (the guy is supposed to ask the girl is she wants to be his girlfriend and she is supposed to say 'yes' or 'no' on the spot), it turnrd out be much more complicated for all the people involved. To conclude, even though it didn't completely win me over, it was definitely one of the most original love tales I have seen in a very long time and it is definitely worth a look.

7/10