Fielding the fresh French talent of the moment, this one looks like another run through of the tribulations of joining adult life that we used to get from Truffaut or Claude Berri but as it rolls on we get something more perverse and finally more substantial.
One time child movie star Lacoste meets frustration at every turn as he finds his late twenties slipping away. Lost keys precipitate homelessness. Moving in with mum shrink Devos and dad Lambert, whose major preoccupation is mixing tomato and vodka doesn't make thing any more secure. His loser friends are no help and getting together with winning school girl Noée Abita when he's having trouble getting it up (erectile disfunction is impossible at 27 the doctor prompts) is bound to be a disaster. He loses the leading role in a life of De Gaule to the fellow actor who jokes about Vincent's fear of nudity. He can't even get therapy right.
Devos' reappearance give the piece the extra substance it needs and then at the last minute they manage to turn this around one more time.
First time director Antoine de Bary has expanded the film from the short he did with juvenile of the moment Lacoste with excellent performances and film craft. It's kind of winning.
One time child movie star Lacoste meets frustration at every turn as he finds his late twenties slipping away. Lost keys precipitate homelessness. Moving in with mum shrink Devos and dad Lambert, whose major preoccupation is mixing tomato and vodka doesn't make thing any more secure. His loser friends are no help and getting together with winning school girl Noée Abita when he's having trouble getting it up (erectile disfunction is impossible at 27 the doctor prompts) is bound to be a disaster. He loses the leading role in a life of De Gaule to the fellow actor who jokes about Vincent's fear of nudity. He can't even get therapy right.
Devos' reappearance give the piece the extra substance it needs and then at the last minute they manage to turn this around one more time.
First time director Antoine de Bary has expanded the film from the short he did with juvenile of the moment Lacoste with excellent performances and film craft. It's kind of winning.