Claude Sautet is a genius, pure and simple.
This is an incredibly beautiful movie, with sparse, multi-layered dialogue. You would absolutely never find a "love" story quite like this one in the U.S. This was made by a true craftsman.
At times it felt like there were 2 movies going on at once. One that's going along with the dialogue, and another that is pure subtext. Anyone interested in screenwriting should take a look at this thing. Sautet can do with one sentence what it takes others pages to pull off.
*mild spoiler*
The movie also has one of the best endings I've ever seen. There are a few ways to interpret it, and the way you do interpret it has more to do with you as a person than it does about the movie. Very sad, but also hopeful, like some of Woody Allen's endings except put together much more skillfully. If you have it on tape, please rewind and watch the very ending a few times. The dialogue is so subtle and brilliant it'll take a while to get an interpretation. Not one letter is out of place.
This is an incredibly beautiful movie, with sparse, multi-layered dialogue. You would absolutely never find a "love" story quite like this one in the U.S. This was made by a true craftsman.
At times it felt like there were 2 movies going on at once. One that's going along with the dialogue, and another that is pure subtext. Anyone interested in screenwriting should take a look at this thing. Sautet can do with one sentence what it takes others pages to pull off.
*mild spoiler*
The movie also has one of the best endings I've ever seen. There are a few ways to interpret it, and the way you do interpret it has more to do with you as a person than it does about the movie. Very sad, but also hopeful, like some of Woody Allen's endings except put together much more skillfully. If you have it on tape, please rewind and watch the very ending a few times. The dialogue is so subtle and brilliant it'll take a while to get an interpretation. Not one letter is out of place.