I have been waiting to see this movie for a while and was finally delighted to get to the Regal Wednesday and watch it with my man. This movie has been circling in the festival circuit and slowly been released around the world. It was released in France last June and finally hit American soil May 4th but it is a limited release.
The movie itself is like a collection of movie shorts all filmed in the beautiful city of Paris and if you know French then you understand that the theme is about love. Each segment is unique in its own right; from a mother dealing with the loss of a child to a newfound companion and the finalization of a divorce. It's reminds me of when you take a snap shot of someone from far away and it that moment you are involved in their life before you start to keep walking again.
The cast was made up of a consortium of French, American and British actors in addition to one Colombian actress and one Ukrainian actress. Like each scene being different there was also different directors for each scene. Some of the more famous actors and directors that worked on the film are Steve Buscemi, Elijah Wood, Juliette Binoche, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven, Ethan and Joel Coen, Miranda Richardson, Willem Dafoe, Nick Nolte, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bob Hoskins, Emily Mortimer, Rufus Sewell, Derad Depardieu, Gena Rowlands, Natalie Portman, Alexander Payne and Alfonso Cuarón.
The movie as a whole gave you a sense of happiness, sadiness, joy, and confusion in one scene. The only one thing that I didn't get and you may not understand in the one scene with Elijah Wood titled Quartier de la Madeleine directered by Vincenzo Natali. It stumped me and it may leave you confused because it just felt out of place. Even though I found the scene odd, it reminded me of the style of the recent adaptations of Frank Miller graphic novels like SIn City and 300. Beyond that one blip every thing was beautiful and I highly recommend it if it is available in your area. Reminder this is a French movie so there are many scenes that have French dialog and English subtitles.
