An average movie

I wasn't really sure what to expect from this movie but since I have a weak spot for Emmanuelle Béart, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, even though it could have been an epic romantic drama, it didn't really work, I'm afraid. Even though I expected it to be an adaptation from a book, it was actually an original screenplay which was rather surprising. Indeed, while watching the damned thing, I very often had the feeling that they had cut out some bits which would have been better developed in a book. It was also a mistake to go for such a short running time (only 100 minutes) when they had so much to cover in time and space and I'm pretty sure it would have worked much better if they had expand it to at least 3 hours. Eventually, even though Emmanuelle Béart was as usual so gorgeous to look at, it was really difficult to understand her behavior since there was no room to develop her character and, as a result, it was rather impossible to root for this girl. It was the same thing with Daniel Auteuil's character and even though they both did what they could, they were not helped by this material. Anyway, to conclude, even though the damned thing had some potential, I had a hard time to really care for this story but I guess it is still worth a look, especially if you are interested in French movies.

6/10