look she said while opening the curtains,here they are ......
"inspired by the poem by Victor Hugo "Les Pauvres Gens" " appears after the last picture ;This is one of my favorite poems ,an epic one which depicts the struggle of humble fishermen and their wives :Jeanie and her husband are poor and they live in a hut by the sea ;their neighbor ,a widow ,dies .Unbeknownst to their spouse,they both decide to take in the two orphans ."Nous Avions Cinq Enfants ,Cela Va En Faire Sept" (we had five children ,now it will make seven).Humble heroes in the shadow ,like Marie-Claire and her husband.
And there was this old song ,one of the big hits of French Winter 1966-67, a wintry song by Pascal Danel ,who said he was inspired by Hemingway .This is really a memorable wonderful song which thoroughly deserved its success.
And there was Darroussin and Ascaride ,both in a Cesar caliber performance ;the actress is absolutely sublime when they sing the song to celebrate their wedding anniversary ,a scene to rival the best of the classic cinema of Pagnol, Carné ,Duvivier or Grémillon ;I cannot think of another living actress whose face expresses compassion or true happiness as Miss Ascaride does .All her life ,she had to sacrifice her dearest dreams (becoming a nurse ,and now spending the Holiday of her lifetime ) and yet she says ,"I've always been happy" :so strong is her conviction that we do believe her .There's a stunning chemistry between her and Darroussin whose playing is miraculous too :an unionist whose illusions have gone,slowly by inexorably ,down the drain:but he remained true to himself ,true to Jean Jaurès,the great pacifist who was the first French victim of WW1;his "return good for evil" philosophy shows that sincere socialism (not the champagne socialists) and Jesus Christ's words (not the political Church)-without a single hint at religion in the film- come to the same conclusion ,Victor Hugo Guédiguian mentions at the end of his work was a Christian and a socialist .
And there is Mr Guédiguian :we already knew ("La Ville est Tranquille " and other magnificent generous works) he was one of the greatest living directors in France ,along with Philippe Lioret ,with whom he shares the same sympathy for the human kind ;they show ,like Frank Capra and Frank Borzage in America before them ,that finer feelings may mean,when a clever director is in control, deeply moving efforts .
No sex ,no violence (except for two short sequences )) ,no commercial dishonest compromise;as high as Kilimandjaro!
"inspired by the poem by Victor Hugo "Les Pauvres Gens" " appears after the last picture ;This is one of my favorite poems ,an epic one which depicts the struggle of humble fishermen and their wives :Jeanie and her husband are poor and they live in a hut by the sea ;their neighbor ,a widow ,dies .Unbeknownst to their spouse,they both decide to take in the two orphans ."Nous Avions Cinq Enfants ,Cela Va En Faire Sept" (we had five children ,now it will make seven).Humble heroes in the shadow ,like Marie-Claire and her husband.
And there was this old song ,one of the big hits of French Winter 1966-67, a wintry song by Pascal Danel ,who said he was inspired by Hemingway .This is really a memorable wonderful song which thoroughly deserved its success.
And there was Darroussin and Ascaride ,both in a Cesar caliber performance ;the actress is absolutely sublime when they sing the song to celebrate their wedding anniversary ,a scene to rival the best of the classic cinema of Pagnol, Carné ,Duvivier or Grémillon ;I cannot think of another living actress whose face expresses compassion or true happiness as Miss Ascaride does .All her life ,she had to sacrifice her dearest dreams (becoming a nurse ,and now spending the Holiday of her lifetime ) and yet she says ,"I've always been happy" :so strong is her conviction that we do believe her .There's a stunning chemistry between her and Darroussin whose playing is miraculous too :an unionist whose illusions have gone,slowly by inexorably ,down the drain:but he remained true to himself ,true to Jean Jaurès,the great pacifist who was the first French victim of WW1;his "return good for evil" philosophy shows that sincere socialism (not the champagne socialists) and Jesus Christ's words (not the political Church)-without a single hint at religion in the film- come to the same conclusion ,Victor Hugo Guédiguian mentions at the end of his work was a Christian and a socialist .
And there is Mr Guédiguian :we already knew ("La Ville est Tranquille " and other magnificent generous works) he was one of the greatest living directors in France ,along with Philippe Lioret ,with whom he shares the same sympathy for the human kind ;they show ,like Frank Capra and Frank Borzage in America before them ,that finer feelings may mean,when a clever director is in control, deeply moving efforts .
No sex ,no violence (except for two short sequences )) ,no commercial dishonest compromise;as high as Kilimandjaro!