Pauline et François is not quite a Romeo and Juliet-story but at least one family member doesn't approve of the Juliet coming into their life.
Pauline (Laura Smet) moves into a house on the countryside. She is working at a bank and the reason for her to be in the middle of nowhere, is that she has beome a widow and the past haunted her at her former work place and neighbourhood. She is beautiful and falls in love with her equally 'beau' neighbour François (Yannick Renier).
Both have gone through difficulties in life, making them confide in each other, sharing their life stories. In the case of François, he is tormented by the fact that he once accidentally killed his brother.
His sister Catherine (Léa Drucker) is however exercising some kind of emotional blackmail against François because of this tragic incident.
These equally hurt souls find trust and love in each others company but this is not seen positively by not least François's sister, who also is working at the same bank as Pauline.
There are some fine moments in this quietly told story and the underlying threat consisting of Catherine's jealousy (I guess it have to be regarded as such), set the viewer in a mood of suspense, not knowing where this might lead.
On the same time I (Gunnar) didn't think they - or rather the director Renaud Fely - succeeded in fully going throw with these intentions, making a both suspensful and romantic film, if this was the aim.
Beautiful sceneries but sometimes the action and acting felt somewhat exaggerated in parts of the film where I felt it shouldn't have been.
I found Léa Drucker's character being the most interesting one and of course she had a actable role in Catherine, that is clear.
Pauline (Laura Smet) moves into a house on the countryside. She is working at a bank and the reason for her to be in the middle of nowhere, is that she has beome a widow and the past haunted her at her former work place and neighbourhood. She is beautiful and falls in love with her equally 'beau' neighbour François (Yannick Renier).
Both have gone through difficulties in life, making them confide in each other, sharing their life stories. In the case of François, he is tormented by the fact that he once accidentally killed his brother.
His sister Catherine (Léa Drucker) is however exercising some kind of emotional blackmail against François because of this tragic incident.
These equally hurt souls find trust and love in each others company but this is not seen positively by not least François's sister, who also is working at the same bank as Pauline.
There are some fine moments in this quietly told story and the underlying threat consisting of Catherine's jealousy (I guess it have to be regarded as such), set the viewer in a mood of suspense, not knowing where this might lead.
On the same time I (Gunnar) didn't think they - or rather the director Renaud Fely - succeeded in fully going throw with these intentions, making a both suspensful and romantic film, if this was the aim.
Beautiful sceneries but sometimes the action and acting felt somewhat exaggerated in parts of the film where I felt it shouldn't have been.
I found Léa Drucker's character being the most interesting one and of course she had a actable role in Catherine, that is clear.
2 comments:
Un film plutôt réaliste, où on reconnaît bien les paysages du Boischaut sud. Pas un grand film, mais prometteur pour la suite.
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Merci pour le commentaire! Nous n'avons pas apprécié ce film. Le film a commencé très prommetteur avec le paysage, le travail avec la caméra, lésthethique etc mais après ca le film a continué dans un facon très - ou plutôt trop - conventionel a mon avi.
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