This is the afternoon film for us at Cinéma Lux in La Châtre, a film directed by Nicole Garcia.
The story circles around two persons mainly, the real estate agent Marc (Jean Dujardin) and one of his clients, Marie-Jeanne/Cathy (Marie-Josée Croze).
Marc is a happily married man with a wife and daughther but the day he meets this very special client, his life turns upside down because he becomes aware of that she is the young girl he was in love as a child in Oran, Algeria, during the last days of the French colonisation.
Or is it actually the same girl, now a woman?
From now on he becomes almost obsessed by this woman and their common experiences during their upbringing in Algeria.
However there seems to be some memories they don't share, although Marie-Jeanne/Cathy assures Marc that they have experienced it together.
Cinematographically this is a very good film, a good mise-en-scène and Garcia is often very good at creating intresting male portraits, so also in this film.
She has not succeeded in creating a more 'mysterious' and complex story though, on the contrary it's extremely predictable and we soon realize who this woman is.
There are - in our opinion - to many blind spots, meaning passages not leading anywhere or having a meaningful place in the story but the acting is good and the ambiance not bad at all.
The story circles around two persons mainly, the real estate agent Marc (Jean Dujardin) and one of his clients, Marie-Jeanne/Cathy (Marie-Josée Croze).
Marc is a happily married man with a wife and daughther but the day he meets this very special client, his life turns upside down because he becomes aware of that she is the young girl he was in love as a child in Oran, Algeria, during the last days of the French colonisation.
Or is it actually the same girl, now a woman?
From now on he becomes almost obsessed by this woman and their common experiences during their upbringing in Algeria.
However there seems to be some memories they don't share, although Marie-Jeanne/Cathy assures Marc that they have experienced it together.
Cinematographically this is a very good film, a good mise-en-scène and Garcia is often very good at creating intresting male portraits, so also in this film.
She has not succeeded in creating a more 'mysterious' and complex story though, on the contrary it's extremely predictable and we soon realize who this woman is.
There are - in our opinion - to many blind spots, meaning passages not leading anywhere or having a meaningful place in the story but the acting is good and the ambiance not bad at all.
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