An average movie

More than 40 years before ‘Paris, Je t’aime’ (which I have still not seen), another anthology film was made around the city of love. The big difference was that, this time, all the directors were French and they were all members of the New Wave. Even though I haven’t heard about 3 of them (Jean Douchet, Jean Rouch, Jean-Daniel Pollet) , the other 3 directors (Éric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol) are/were amongst the best French directors ever so I was definitely eager to check this flick. Unfortunately, I thought that all those short segments were rather underwhelming. Indeed, I couldn’t pick one which was really better or worst than the rest. It is always the risk with short movies. Whereas a long feature can take its time to tell its story and his general message to the viewer, such shorts have to be effective really quickly otherwise, they feel rather pointless. I mean, those shorts were definitely not worthless though. Indeed, they provided a nice showcase of all those directors style from the French New Wave. To conclude, even though I thought it was rather disappointing, I still think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in French movies.

6/10