An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was directed by Marjane Satrapi and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it was a rather obscure feature but, above all, it was actually really weak, probably the weakest movie Satrapi has delivered so far. Basically, this time around, she went for a hyperlink feature but, even though I always had a weak spot for the genre, this one just never really worked though. Eventually, the only scenes which were at least a bit entertaining were the ones involving Rossy de Palma (and there were really not many scenes involving her). The worst sub-plot was probably this sad suicidal teenager who was cured of her depression after being kidnapped and tortured by some psycho. Sure, it might not sound so bad but the worst part about this was they went for a comedic tone which was so misguided. I get that Satrapi wanted to get edgy here but, wow, it seriously did backfire after all. However, everything else was never really shocking or interesting or entertaining to behold. At least, it was great to see Monica Bellucci who still looked amazing at 60 years old but, unfortunately, she was stuck with such an awful spoiled boring once famous opera singer. One (rare) thing that did intrigue me was what kind of dialect was speaking the character played by Gwendal Marimoutou (who is actually apparently a singer who became famous with ‘The Voice’ in France). Since his father is from Martinique, it could be from there. Unfortunately, even though Marimoutou was pretty good, I still didn’t care much for his character but it was the same thing for all of them, except for the one played by Rossy de Palma. The fact that they were all involved in some tedious little stories probably didn’t help. Anyway, to conclude, the damned thing was pretty lame and it’s not really worth a look, even if you are interested in Marjane Satrapi’s work. 

5/10