Sunday, March 23, 2008

J'attends quelqu'un

Unexpectedly, my favourite of the three I've caught at the french film festival over the last fortnight or so. It's carefully equivocal in its layering and interweaving of its various narratives, such that resonances &c are always implied rather than actually rendered, but also eventually succeeds in bringing everything to a satisfying and affecting resolution while at every point avoiding the obvious move (see, eg, the 'making a pass while moving furniture' and the 'I'm having a baby' bits).

(w/ Ruth and Meribah)