This film is an adaptation of the novel A
Lover’s Discourse: Fragments published in 1977 by Roland Barthes. Isabelle is a Parisian artist and she’s looking for love in
all the wrong places!! She is
middle aged and divorced from her husband. She has been seeing banker Vincent off and on but he is
married. She begins seeing her
ex-husband again but she picks a fight with him to end their relationship
again. She begins to see Marc and
this may become a serious relationship.
Isabelle goes to see a psychic and he tells her that it will not work
out with Marc but she should not give up on finding the right man for her.
I have to begin with saying I didn’t like
this movie at all?? It just seems
like the same scene over and over just with a different man?? How can Isabelle hope to meet someone
and have a real relationship if she keeps selecting the wrong men all the
time?? Isabelle has a 10-year-old
daughter and does she think of her when while she’s making all these mistakes? I liked the scenery of Paris and the
countryside and that was much better than the film!! I studied French two different times and I did enjoy picking
out the words and their meaning. 1
½* (I really didn’t like this movie)
94 min, Drama directed by Claire Denis
with Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Philippe Katherine, Josiane Balasko,
Sandrine Dumas, Nicolas Cuvauchelle, Alex Descas, Laurent Grevill, Bruno
Podalydes, Paul Blain, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Gerard Depardieu, Schemci Lauth,
Charles Pepin.
Note: Imdb 6* out of 10*, Roger Ebert 4* Glenn Kenny, Metacritic
79 out of 100 with 33 critics 5.9 out of 10 with 26 user scores, The Guardian
3* out of 5* Wendy Ide, 86% critic
30% audience, The Washington Post 3* Ann Hornaday, The Telegraph 3* out of 5*
Tim Robey, Letterboxd 3.2* out of 5*.
Special Note: Filmed in Paris and Creuse, France.
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