I saw Alain Resnais' last movie this afternoon, and i was a bit disappointed. All the critics said how marvelous this was, and i tend to think that this opinion was influenced by their respect for a very old and famous director. Personally, I could sum it up like this : the work of an old director, filming his old actor-friends, for an old audience (the average age in my theater was about 60...) ! I found the pessimistic and bitter-sweet tone interesting, but the whole movie was kind of dull, and I never could get involved in any of the stories. The acting is globally good, with a special distinction to Sabine Azéma, who plays a very unlikely character (would such a person exist ?). The visual effect of the snow is really beautiful. What else, as they say in a certain commercial before the movie ? Nothing else really.
Review of Private Fears in Public Places
