An average movie

Honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick but since there was an intriguing cast, I thought I might as well give it a try. Well, it wasn’t really good, I’m afraid. I mean, to start with, I’m not a huge fan of costume dramas but this one was particularly tedious with some rather dull characters. Furthermore, I really had a hard time to figure out what was the motivation of the main character. Seemingly out of nowhere, he gets a shot to do something with his life but I never really understood what he was looking for. Was it love, lust, money, power? I mean, he basically has sex with 3 women, married one of them, than even marry the daughter of one of his mistresses but the reason why he did all this never became really clear during the whole thing and I can’t say I really cared. On top of that, there was some really murky political intrigue which I never really fully grasped. Apparently, it was an adaptation of a novel written by Guy de Maupassant and only this piece of information is already more intriguing than the movie itself. To conclude, even though it wasn’t a total disaster, it was still a rather weak drama and I don’t think it is really worth a look.

5/10