A good movie

Basically, it is once again one of these really obscure French movies that almost no one has seen here on Listal. I remember, back in the 90’s, André Téchiné released his movie ‘Les roseaux sauvages’, it was a huge success in France, arguably one of the best French movies from the 90’s. Well, a few years laters, one of the main young actors from ‘Les roseaux sauvages’, Gaël Morel, released his directing debut which was also starring his other co-stars from  ‘Les roseaux sauvages’, Élodie Bouchez and Stéphane Rideau. Apparently, Morel wanted to be above all a director and would act only in handful movies and, to be honest, except for this debut, I haven't seen his other directing effort so I don’t really have a definite opinion about his work. Anyway, this flick was pretty good though. I mean, it is really reminiscent of ‘Les roseaux sauvages’ in mood and style but it was not necessarily a bad thing. I mean, most of the musicians start with copying their favorite artists and, at some point, they develop their own style and, for filmmakers, it is not much different. To conclude, even though it was nothing really amazing, I thought it was a solid drama and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

7/10