This film is really one of those little unknown gems that one can find by patiently prodding into the universal filmography.
The plot is totally absurd, but this isn't the point.
The subject of the film is clearly the emotive loss that people go through living in cold, dehumanized societies.
Simply put : an unemployed young man, a killer, a disenchanted police inspector team up simply to find the most minuscule spark of what vaguely could resemble a human feeling in a modern, desolate town.
This is a joyously crazy film...The directing is top-notch, you just wonder what will be the reaction of each character to an oncoming situation ; I absolutely love the sets, that hideous concrete tower, the oppressing "hotel particulier", and that incredibly lugubrious country lodge, set in the most sinister country landscape that I've been able to see in my country.
The general tone is one of total indifference to despair, death and solitude, except maybe your own, but only when it's too late.
Also : the trio, Depardieu (young, still with this animal feel), Bernard Blier (simply wonderful), Marcel Carmet just works fine! if you love something that titillates, this film is just like savoring a glass of bordeaux wine from a good château...You'll just feel better after watching it.
Too bad the end looks botched and bungled...If not I'd have given it a 9!
The plot is totally absurd, but this isn't the point.
The subject of the film is clearly the emotive loss that people go through living in cold, dehumanized societies.
Simply put : an unemployed young man, a killer, a disenchanted police inspector team up simply to find the most minuscule spark of what vaguely could resemble a human feeling in a modern, desolate town.
This is a joyously crazy film...The directing is top-notch, you just wonder what will be the reaction of each character to an oncoming situation ; I absolutely love the sets, that hideous concrete tower, the oppressing "hotel particulier", and that incredibly lugubrious country lodge, set in the most sinister country landscape that I've been able to see in my country.
The general tone is one of total indifference to despair, death and solitude, except maybe your own, but only when it's too late.
Also : the trio, Depardieu (young, still with this animal feel), Bernard Blier (simply wonderful), Marcel Carmet just works fine! if you love something that titillates, this film is just like savoring a glass of bordeaux wine from a good château...You'll just feel better after watching it.
Too bad the end looks botched and bungled...If not I'd have given it a 9!