Quite nice cinematically, typically French and good if you're in a deep and thoughtful mood, but with some quite depressing themes so not one to cheer anyone up! This is exactly the sort of 'world' film that I like to watch by myself because no one else woukd watch it with me - it was dubbed but I might have actually preferred original French with subtitles as it keeps the arty quality.
There were a lot of things I found frustrating and nonsensical about the storyline until I wondered whether it was based on a real person, and then it started to make sense because real life is full of awful choices and watching flawed people make decisions that are hard to fathom.
Honestly so much of the story had me thinking 'that would never happen' that you pretty much couldn't make it up.
The main characters are often a bit unlikeable in my opinion and the ones that are decent seem to get the rough end of the deal... Unfortunately true to life you might think.
I do like the sea though, and it was interesting to learn about the sport and the psychology around it. I quite liked it but again, you'd need to be in the mood for something pretty slow but dramatic!
There were a lot of things I found frustrating and nonsensical about the storyline until I wondered whether it was based on a real person, and then it started to make sense because real life is full of awful choices and watching flawed people make decisions that are hard to fathom.
Honestly so much of the story had me thinking 'that would never happen' that you pretty much couldn't make it up.
The main characters are often a bit unlikeable in my opinion and the ones that are decent seem to get the rough end of the deal... Unfortunately true to life you might think.
I do like the sea though, and it was interesting to learn about the sport and the psychology around it. I quite liked it but again, you'd need to be in the mood for something pretty slow but dramatic!