A good movie

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 and I always had a weak spot for his work so I was quite eager to check this movie. It is one of the very few movies directed by Tavernier which was in English and the whole thing was rather odd compared to his usual work. Indeed, basically, it is a very minimalistic SF feature dealing with TV reality which would be created eventually 20 years later. To be honest, it wasn’t entirely successful as the whole thing was a little too dry and the concept couldn’t have been therefore a little bit more developed but I still think it was pretty good. The casting was also quite interesting. Indeed, Romy Schneider was one of the most popular actress in Europe at the time (she would die 3 years later) and Harvey Keitel had fallen from grace in the US after being fired from ‘Apocalypse Now’ and he would spend a good chunk of the 80’s making such obscure European features. To conclude, even though it is nothing really amazing, it remains a decent feature and it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Bertrand Tavernier’s work.

7/10