Claire’s Camera 2017

     Manhee is on a business trip to the Cannes Film Festival.  Her boss accuses her of being dishonest and she is fired.  None of this is true!!  What actually happened and the real reason she was fired is that her boss is in a relationship with Director So Wansoo.  He got drunk and spent time with Manhee.  Claire is a teacher and she lives in Paris.  She is taking pictures with a Polaroid camera.  She believes people change after she takes their picture.  Claire looks slowly at things, she analyzes the person and the picture.  She sympathizes with Manhee.  They spend some time together, Manhee was supposed to return home to Korea but she couldn’t change her flight.  Claire spends time with Director So Wansoo and she sees that he does a LOT of drinking. 

     I noticed in all of the reviews that the audience gives a lower number than the critics?  This must be classified as an “art” film?  There is not very much substance to the plot but the scenery and the water in Cannes is very beautiful.  Personally, I don’t believe that Claire’s camera can do anything other than take a picture?  I think that what Claire really does is let people see themselves and that some of the life decisions they are making are not the best for them.  2 ½* (This movie is so-so)

69 min, Drama directed by Sang-soo Hong with Isabelle Huppert, Min-hee Kim, Mi-hee Chang, Jin-young Jung, Yoon Heesun, Wanmin Lee, Taewoo Kang, Shahira Fahmy, Mark Peranson.  

Note:  Imdb 6.4 out of 10, Roger Ebert 2 ½*, Rotten Tomatoes 90% critic 60% audience, Metacritc 80 out of 100 with 15 critics 6.1 out of 10 with 8 user scores, Slant Magazine 3 ½* out of 4* Chuck Bowen, Amazon 3.5* out of 5* with two reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed during the 2016 Cannes Film Festival about a year before it’s world premier at the 2017 Festival.  In the opening scene there is a poster for Yourself and Yours 2016, this is another film by Sang-soo Hong.