A good movie

Basically, It is once again a rather obscure French movie which not much people have seen here in Listal. Even though Bertrand Tavernier is pretty much unknown here in Listal, he is actually one of the best French directors from the last 40 years. This flick is not one of his most famous ones (it was his second directing effort) but it was pretty good and it did manage to win a few Césars (the Césars are basically the French Oscars). Basically, it deals with some rather obscure piece of French history and I think it is always nice to learn something new about history, especially when France is involved. So, the directing was really solid but, above all, it was just awesome to see 3 monsters of the French cinema put together in one movie (Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle). Maybe you have never heard of them but those guys are really good and it is very often that you get see them working together like that. I have to admit that even though the plot was entertaining and interesting, it was still nothing really fascinating. Still, it remains a decent historical comedy and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in French movies.

7/10