An average movie

Basically, it is once again one of those really obscure French movies which almost no one has seen here on Listal. If I recall correctly, I saw this movie at my aunt's when I was on holiday in France. My wife was pretty sick (food poisoning or something like that) and while she was recovering, I ended up watching a whole bunch of dvds my aunt owned. The director Jean Becker could be actually considered as some kind of French Terrence Malick. Indeed, after making a few movies in 60's, he stopped for 17 years, made one movie ('L'été meurtrier'), stopped again for 12 years, made one movie ('Élisa') and since 1999, he has been pretty productive, directing no less than 7 features in the process. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, it was not bad. I mean, there was a pretty good cast (Jacques Villeret, Jacques Gamblin, André Dussollier, Michel Serrault, Isabelle Carré, Éric Cantona) and they all delivered some solid performances. The directing was alright as well but, to be honest, I didn't care much about the story. I mean, it was entertaining enough but not much more I'm afraid. To conclude, it remains a decent watch and it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in French movies.

6/10