Born in 68

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Audience Member Un bon résumé de l'évolution des socialo-communistes atuels. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member A tale of hippy radicals who establish a commune in rural France in 1968 and following on to their equally radical children 20 years later. It's ambitious premise doesn't quite pay off and the very likeable cast of characters are let down by a rather melancholic and lacklustre script. Great aging make-up and beautifully shot, but the story lacks pace or promise. Shame. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member good story epic like drama Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I've given this two stars even though I didn't get through the entire film. It was fairly standard stuff that fit the synopsis exactly which is why I got bored watching it. You'd think that a film which uses such a rich starting context would be bursting with ideals, moral conundrums and imagination yet it's not. The direction was flat and the acting pretty formulaic. Despite the potential for some huge questions and real political agitation the film devles into the characters which is fine except when you haven't really given us time to get into why these people felt the way they did. So after watching the first part of the story unfold which was relatively interesting I gave up when the film shifted forward in time. There were some interesting characters under all this, unfortunately they were fairly two dimensional and when the kids came into the scene I'd had just about enough. There was still an hour left to go. I understand the first half of the film is better than the second too so probably saved myself a valuable hour. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review walter m "Born in 68" starts in the heady days of student protests of May 1968. Catherine(Laetitia Casta) has other things on her mind as she has an illegal abortion after having been knocked up by Yves(Yannick Renier) and/or Herve(Yann Tregouet). There are complications and she is rushed to a hospital by her friend Caroline(Kate Moran) while the guys distract the police. While recuperating at home, Catherine hides Jeremie, a draft dodger, from the police. After things have calmed down, he informs the group of a farm in the country where they can start a commune and Catherine and Yves can start a family. However, Maryse(Christine Citti), a perplexed but friendly neighbor, informs them that Jeremie may not have been entirely forthright... "Born in 68" is a multigenerational epic that tells a political story of France from 1968 to the present day, as the years skip by in a flash, in personal terms. In days of conflict, violence, which never solved anything, lurks in all corners, from police, temptation and the past. Even as a larger revolution may have failed, other changes were more successful as the idea of self-determination was defined as being more than just about the ballot box, especially on the subject of abortion and gay rights.(Knowing little of French political history, I had previously assumed that French presidents were all left of center until Sarkozy. Maybe it's all a matter of perspective.) The movie does not sugargoat the experience of commune life(a reminder of how hard it is to get a unanimous consensus on anything), even with free love and naked frolicking going on, so relax. As the characters' destinies are laid out, I would still have liked to know what happened to Caroline since she is a central part of the early story. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Well-meaning but it does feel more like a TV movie Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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