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isla s This is a nice piece of period drama. Its slow but the plot is intriguing. It certainly focuses on the more upper class sides of French society, including some pretty big names, primarily Trotsky. Its a throwback to the first half of the 1900s I suppose. There are some nice landscape shots and it kept my interesy for the most part. Its a little meandering but relatively easy watch I suppose, if you can manage the subtitles (its in French). I think I liked that the story slowly comes together via learning things from different people, getting a feel for the various characters and settings depicted - its a good piece of escapism I suppose. If anything, it is a little fuzzy, picture wise, which could be put down to it not being an HD quality stream but then I felt that it gave it a bit of a daydream-y type feel to it, which I suppose seems almost more suited to a film set so many decades ago, if you know what I mean. It is very slightly morbid in tone perhaps but its not exactly a gritty film. It works reasonably well overall and yes, I reckon I'd recommend this to others. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member There's something about films set in the 1930s but shot in the 1970s that makes them seem more artificial than many other films. Perhaps it is harder to stop the fashion and hair trends from creeping through (Is Belmondo's hair too long)? Or could it just be the font used for the titles? At any rate, Resnais's film doesn't suffer too much from this ailment; instead, it is another story told from multiple perspectives juggling past, present, and future (but the color photography makes this feel less effective than Last Year at Marienbad). Those who know their French history may be able to better follow the plot, but I understood it to be about a famous conman who rose to great heights of influence with the government and society figures of his day...and then crashed and burned bringing the government down with him. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member While watching this film the thing that sprung to my mind was the Great Gatsby. Both have a man who has a shady past and both are ladies men Whats sets the film apart from the film adaption of Gatsby from the same year is that Resnais knows how to handle the material giving a it a high gloss sheen and an interesting narrative. What also helps is the casting of two giants of French Cinema in Charles Boyer and Jean Paul Belmondo. This casting gives the film an edge as Boyer represents the France that was to disapear with the coming of World War two and the scandals which took France there. Belmondo is top drawer as the main lead who even when his wolrd is collasping around him ,he still manages to lead a Champagne lifestyle and reamain confident and optimistic Resnais also uses Stephen Sondheim to bring out the elemnets of the story with his Gershwin like score. The film will not appeal to everyone as the pace is slower than most films and its not a Resnais classic. But on the whole their is plenty here to enjoy and engage the brain at the same time . Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Un bon petit film de ganster comme il ne s' en fait plus. Un bon Belmondo. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Un bon Rennais un peu tortueux mais glacant ! Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Belmondo, Belmondo, Belmondo!! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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