A good movie

I already saw this movie, in fact, I even saw it when it was released but since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. By now, Jacques Audiard has turned out to be one of the most interesting French directors at work nowadays and many of his movies were rightfully critically heralded. At the beginning of his career, Jacques Audiard made some other movies which didn't really reach an international audience but they were pretty good nonetheless. Just like 'Regarde les hommes tomber', which was Audiard's directorial debut, it was again starring Mathieu Kassovitz, another famous French director (actually the guy doesn't direct anymore but that's another story). Eventually, I thought it was a decent drama with some really solid directing but, somehow, it didn't really blow me away and I think it mostly had to do with the main character. I won't blame Mathieu Kassovitz as he gave her a solid performance and it was a bold move to focus the story on a rather unlikeable character. However, in contrary to some major con-artists like Tom Ripley or Frank Abagnale who managed to do what they did because they had some impressive skills, on the other hand, Albert Dehousse was a passive pathetic loser with seemingly no talent whatsoever. However, after some practice, he became an expert liar succeeding in pretty much everything he attempted to do and I think the stretch between who he actually was and who he actually became was just too big. The fact that his intentions were murky at best probably didn’t help as well. Still, I have to admit that I have always been fascinated by such con-artists and Albert Dehousse was definitely an intriguing character. It was also interesting to dive into this time period, just at the end of WWII, and you could see how messy and confusing it was for pretty much everyone in France. Anyway, to conclude even if it didn't complete work, it was still a good movie and it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in French movies.

7/10