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8/10
Very unexpected
MovieAddict201617 January 2006
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A lowly woman gets on a French subway and is traveling in silence when a man suddenly appears and announces that he is in search of a woman as he hasn't been in love for over two years and is tired of feeling empty.

People laugh and scoff at the man but he ignores them, and asks any woman who is interested to get off at the next bus stop. Well, the bus stops, the woman gleefully gets off, turns around - only to realize the man on the bus was doing it solely for entertainment, to gain money from travelers.

The film ends with her standing on the platform, alone.

I was taken aback by the suddenness of the ending. It's pretty powerful, especially considering it's only four minutes long. But the director manages to convey a lot of things just through facial expressions, particularly the woman's.

Pretty brutal little film, but a very good one.
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8/10
Interesting film
pinefgsgsu24 December 2021
"I'll Wait For The Next One" is a French short comedy drama film. It was made in 2002. A woman walks to the station with a lonely expression. When she gets on the train, a man also gets on it to introduce himself and says that he is looking for love to passengers in a loud voice. The woman has a puzzled look at first, but she comes to be interested in what he says and sympathize with his view of love. It is a story with a surprise ending. The title implies that the women waits for her destiny and I think she is so bored in her daily life so that she wants to believe the one and fate. However, I suppose the man makes fun of the women who are looking for partners seriously and I don't think it is a funny joke. I sympathized with her in the film. Furthermore, I have empathic embarrassment to watch this film. I believe people who care what other people think much would feel this embarrassment. I think the film is worth watching because it gives the audience the lesson that there some things are too good to be true.
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6/10
Importance of facial expression
b-6633421 February 2019
In this film, two people are the main characters. The story takes place in a train with the man's speech and the woman's reaction. The man looks suspicious at first, and other people laugh at his speech. In contrast, the woman takes it seriously. At this point, her facial expression shows her change of mind. In this film, she does not speak. Instead of that, her face is often focused on expressing how she thinks about the man's words. The angle of each character is interesting. While the man is speaking, the camera shoot not only the man but also other people as it shows that the man is speaking to everyone in the train. On the other hand, the woman is on screen only with her eyes straight at the man to show how serious she listens to him.
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10/10
This is absolutely brilliant.
Anonymous_Maxine7 March 2005
I'll Wait for the Next One sets itself up as a cute little comedy skit, and it delivers on that premise but also surprises you with an incredibly moving finale. Four minute comedies are not supposed to be as moving as this film is, it's funny, charming, and heartbreaking all at the same time, showing you your emotions in a combination that they are not generally found. I can't recommend this movie enough. By the end of the diminutive film you feel like you have known the characters for years, especially the lead man and the woman looking for love, probably because they so perfectly represent.

The look on the man's face and the woman's face at the end of the film are brief moments of sheer performing brilliance rarely seen, especially in a short film, which itself is rarely seen. Seek this one out, you will laugh and you will cry, and most of all you will be moved.
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THIS is how a short movie should be!
madfoot-224 March 2003
Oh, this broke my heart! The filmmaker showed such skill as he told the story of the woman on the train with no words whatsoever. The actress was great. She just really brought to life her loneliness, from her buck teeth to her terrible scarf. She was just trying so hard. This was super-great. Except it was a bit devastating in the end...
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9/10
Wow
momorytm25 February 2019
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A middle-aged woman is walking alone and feeling lonely. When she gets on a train, she meets a man who is seeking a girlfriend. I like the first part of this film, the woman walking alone and looking at a couple. It empathizes loneliness of the woman perfectly even though she does not say anything. Also, I'm impressed that this film clearly shows the woman is a protagonist of the movie although she did not have a dialogue while a man has a dialogue almost the entire film. But I guess most of us can sympathize with the woman's feeling over the man because we can see how she feels more than him by her reaction. I think the entire film is well done including the story, camera work, and casting. The audience will be surprised by the ending. I wonder whether it was the woman's fault or man's one. She might be responsible for herself sticking in the idea of love or becoming desperate for a boyfriend. She should have been more careful not to be grabbed a chance immediately. The man also might be responsible for what he has been done. He did not try to deceive her into believing what he says, but this is a good lesson that you should not do things so confusing when it comes to relationship things. Which they sympathize with is up to the audience, which makes the story interesting. Overall, I really enjoyed watching this film.
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7/10
Good role model of short film
Fjkkn14 May 2021
I will wait for the next one is a short film and the leading character is a woman who has no dialogue. When she arrives at the station and goes down on the escalator, her gaze is drawn to a couple. She looks sad and bored by her day-to-day life. On the train, a man suddenly introduces himself and speaks out that he is looking for a lady who can share true love with him and then asks passengers to get off at the next station if interested. She gets curious.... While I think this film is flawless in its technical aspects, after I watched it, I felt really frustrated about the narrative. Contrary to the man, the woman doesn't say anything and only has facial expressions, but I can image her romantic background for some reason such as marital status in the past. I am curious about what happens next for the woman and the man and the situation on the train. I think this film is worth watching.
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10/10
Excellent way to use short time
craftholic19992 March 2019
The whole scenes of this film is take place at the train. One man gathers the attention by other passengers because he give a speech with loud voice to search the female who can share his romantic ideas. Most of people are laghed by his romantic idea but one lonely woman is moved by his word. This is very good way to make the short film I think. In other words, the director of this film is good to use time. I can not believe that this short film takes only about 4 minutes. It was really impressed story to me. In addition, there are some words that I can not understand in the film but from the act of characters, I can understand the story easily. Many people would enjoy this short film. If you have a spare time, you should watch this short film and do not miss the last scene of the film.
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7/10
Sad ending
m28l17d28 February 2019
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In this short movie, there is a lady, who is not in romantic relationships for a while and looking for the one for her. The story is happening on a train in France. After she passes by the couple in the station, she gets on the train. Her face is not bright and seems hopeless. A man gets on the train at the last minute, and he starts talking about "love." He is looking for a woman to date, and talking about his life, his salary, what he values and so on. Another man on the train makes fun of the man, but he did not stop. The woman's face gets brighter as she listens to his story. The man says that "if you would like to date me, please get off at the next station." The woman gets off the train with a happy feeling, but the man tells her that it is a performance, maybe to get money. This movie gives a shocking ending, and I liked it. I can see how the woman's emotion changes even though she does not say any words. The plot is straightforward but unpredictable, so it is interesting.
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8/10
Who would love her
ohkf16 November 2021
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J'attendrial le suivant (I'll Wait for the Next One...) is a French short film made in 2002, directed by Philippe Orreindy. This film was nominated for the Best short film at 75th Academy Awards. Most of the story takes part in the crowded train. A woman sees a man giving a speech to the crowd. He is an entertainer, and his speech is convincing, but she believes what he is saying, and she thinks that he must be the one who will get together with her.

This film contains dialogue, but only the entertainers speak, and the explanations of the woman are done without dialogue. The audience understand at the first part that this woman is interested in having a relationship with someone else, and her face while listening to the entertainers explains that she is single and expects love and romance. In this film, the platform indicates her real life, and the train indicates her view of ideal love.

People should watch this film because it contains a surprising ending, but it is not a happy ending, so some people might be offended.
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7/10
An emotional ride
Jirorian4 June 2018
Quite literally an emotional ride, "I'll Wait for the Next One" offers the promise of a fateful encounter only to be challenged abruptly by a surprise ending. The surprise works because our feelings are channeled through the eyes of the woman, whom in becoming the dupe of the male perpetrator forces viewers along to share in her struggle. The film thus raises many questions regarding the nature of the conflict it depicts: why is it not surprising that the man is the perpetrator and the woman is the dupe? Why are we drawn to believe the man's story, and what does his final action reveal about the nature of men as societal beings? Is the ending a fault of the woman or of the man? If the woman is at fault, do women need to just be more careful in an overtly oppressive society? Or if the man is at fault, does he need to be more considerate of the extent to which his actions inflict damage upon society? The depiction is that both the woman and the man are at the extreme ends of their respective depths of capacity for emotional sentiment, and it is a very crude depiction that does little to progress away from the repression inherent to patriarchal societies. However, the responsibility to answer the questions posed by the film lies in the viewer, and as a result so too does the responsibility to make any changes in the real world away from what we see on screen.
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8/10
good facial expression and dialogue
risa_gu19 December 2021
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This is a short film released in 2002. One man calls out that he is looking for a marriage partner in the subway. The main character is attracted by his passionate words. The man tells passengers to get off the train at the next station if anyone is interested in him, and the woman gets off, but... The interesting point of this film is that the man has dialogue, but the main woman character is not given any lines. The men talk a lot, but audiences do not know what they are planning until the end, but we can know what the woman is feeling without dialogue. I think that the point of this film is the richness of the woman's facial expression. At first, she looks suspicious with a serious face, but gradually her expression becomes more and more expressive. When she gets off the train, she has a big smile on her face. This is the best representation of her changing emotions.
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7/10
Nice short film
ganpon27 July 2021
This is a story about a woman who wants to find true love. She finds a man on the subway who announces that he is looking for a woman. He seems to be a nice funny guy, and he asks anyone who's interested to get off at the next station. The woman looks interested in the man. We can read the change of feelings of the woman in this film. The woman expresses the character's feelings well though she doesn't have any dialog in the film. She only has the facial expression to express her feelings, but it isn't difficult to understand. The main character who has the dialog is the man who is looking for the woman. He speaks so emotionally that all people in the train must have believed that he is really searching for true love. What was surprising was my impression of him changed completely in the very last scene. The film is very short, but the story and character's feelings are well expressed in a simple way. In that sense, I think this it is well created as a short film.
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4/10
Fateful moment in the train...?!
maoenjoyhappy23 July 2017
A lonely woman who greatly longs for true love meets a stranger at the metro in Paris. He asks single women in the metro who has the same way of thinking of love for getting off at the next station. Then…what becomes of her love, getting off or not?

Even though the film is about 4 minutes long, this leaves us emotion sympathized with her. Interestingly, the single lady is a main character, not the man who tries to attract the single women in the train. However, she mentions none of the words, which means her feelings are expressed visually. In particular, at the beginning of the film, she bears watching a couple on the escalator. This shows us that she seeks for love. The technique is highly respected.

The ending of this film is beyond expectation and makes audience feel to follow the story more.
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Second-hand embarrassment served
Gospel9722 June 2018
A lonely woman goes on about her life until one day, the ride on her usual train takes an unexpected turn, changing her life in the mere span of a few minutes.

It's a well-crafted short, from start to finish. The actress does a magnificient job showing the sad, lonely side of the character, which makes the audience take a liking on her earlier in the short. There's humour in it too, and the cadence of the dialogue makes the audience follow the slow but steady flow of the plot.

The simplicity and familiarity of the setting (coming home from work, getting on the train to share your personal space with strangers for as long as the ride lasts) adds to showing how easily events in the short could happen in real life. How humans can be cruel without meaning to, and how they can also be very naive when hope is an option.

The naiveness of the woman, her hope to finally stop feeling lonely, is what gives this short that special touch.
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10/10
Good acting and an interesting story line
sumomo11299 January 2024
"I'll Wait For The Next One" seems like a comedy, but some people may feel sad after watching this short film. The main character is always looking for a special someone. This can be seen from the scene where she envies a couple she saw at the station. Then, she is on the train and she encounters a man who is looking for a lover just like her. The ending of this short film is very funny and well done. But at the same time, you may feel sorry for her. And although this film has dialogue, the woman who is the main character does not speak a single word. You can read everything about her feelings from her facial expressions and actions. This film has very good acting and an interesting story line. You may enjoy this film and it is really worth seeing.
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8/10
What is real and what only ends up as a joke
asselinbeelzebuthjr18 July 2022
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This film is set on a subway in France. A single woman is travelling home, presumably after a long day's work. On the subway train, she encounters a man named Antonio, who claims to be 29 years old, single, giving a speech that he wants a partner. At the other end of the train, there is a man arguing against him, telling that it is nonsense. The woman, persuaded by Antonio, decides to leave at the next station, only to find out that it was all staged. Back in high school, I remember getting involved in a similar situation, where my best friend got into trouble, forcing him to leave class, but some students persuaded the teacher to bring him back. I also asked the teacher along with some "decoys", which was a quite embarrassing, but somehow memorable event. This passage might be portraying the gap between what is real and what only ends up as a joke, showing the outcome of how it ends up after taking these jokes seriously, as well as implying that "public" derived would not last long, both from the fact that the woman was tricked, and the action of "bystanders" arguing against Antonio.
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7/10
Love or Hate
joaoantonioasodias16 July 2018
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Who has never been inside a subway or train coming back from a tiring day of work and wanting only to get some sleep but has been kept awaken by the noisy of someone doing something that requires the attention of all the "Mr and Ms" inside of it. In this movie we see how a simple case of this can really make the day of a person even worse. On a normal day a man inside the subway attracts the attention of everyone inside so that he could find any woman that still believe in love and was willing to give it a chance. A small and a little touching speech later we are sure that this story shall have a loving ending to renovate our faith in love. But, as we see it was not meant to happen as we thought and it leave us at the end with really hateful ideas about a continuation for this movie. As we say back in Brazil, "We desire to our enemies a long life so they can see our victory".
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8/10
Good film
ysk-573118 June 2022
This French film was made in 2002, and it is a type of comedy. The female main character waits for the one to get married with. One day, taking the escalator, she looks at a couple enviously. After that, she rides a train, and she finds a guy, who speaks to passengers, saying that he has never married and is looking for a single woman. Also, he says that he wants someone to get off the train if someone wants to get married with him.

I love this movie because the main character does not speak at all in the film, but viewers can understand the story well by listening to what male characters say and focusing on the main character's facial expression. In addition, while watching this movie I was so curious that I really wanted to know what would happen next. Considering these points, I would say that this film is extremely attractive. Although I am sorry for the main character, still this movie is so impressive for me.
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7/10
I recommend this
tomoa-3139229 October 2023
I'll Wait For The Next One is a short comedy drama made in 2002. This movie is made in France. There are three characters: a woman who is hungry for love and two men who have an exchange on the train. The woman is envious when she sees men and women being friendly with each other on the street. When she gets on the train, a man amusingly describes his preference for women. The man speaks of matters that one would normally wonder what he is talking about or think it is a joke. And the woman develops a bit of a liking for the man. What happens after that?

I have a bit of a problem with this movie. It's because I feel like the guy is toying with the woman who is really looking for love, and the woman doesn't get that it's a joke, but the guy is encouraging her to act on it.

I recommend this movie. It allows you to understand women and situations that are possible in today's society and enriches your thinking.
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10/10
What does she need?
holton122522 December 2021
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This romantic comical short film J'attendrai le suivant was made in 2002, in France. One lady who is on the train meets a guy who is declaring loudly that he is looking for someone special. As she listens to him speaking she becomes really curious about him but something unexpected happens. Romance is something which suddenly jumps into someone's life and none of us can assume what happens next. From my perspective, this lady has been dreaming of a moment which can be a trigger to make her into someone. Therefore, she 'expects' that is the very moment that she has wanted but it turns out it isn't, which is totally an unexpected event for her. This world is full of unexpected things and sometimes they make us realise the real world is not as beautiful as we expect. This film lasts just 3 minutes, but for me, this is a reflection of our everyday life. Everyone is disappointed with something in their life but they have to live and expect something will happen again just like waiting for the next train on a platform. I suppose the filmmakers choose 'romance' to put the audience at ease and the punchline is so clever. You should go and watch this cool short film.
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7/10
Skillfully constructed film
b-1361631 January 2019
The story starts with the heavy and slow step of woman who is seemingly returning home by metro. She seems to be bored, indifferent, or even unhappy and we assume that she is not satisfied with her life at this point. The moment there appears a strange man starting a speech to call for someone who will be dating with him in front of various passengers on metro, we easily assume that there will be a romance between these two at the end of the story. I do not say the guy seems to be a man of destiny for her at this point, because his appearance is kind of so-so, what he is talking is just like a man who has been single for a long time... In other words, he is not attractive type of person for many of audiences. However, the more selling points he speaks in succession, the larger smile the woman makes on her face. Now we can say that he is the one for her! But we should be aware of the time limit as well. He is a passerby, and therefore she should be hurry if she wants to take this chance. You should watch the end of her story with your own eyes.
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9/10
Few dialogue, rich expression
wknapriv12 January 2024
"I'll Wait for the Next One" is a comedy about a lonely woman getting on the train. The woman is old enough to have a spouse, but she is lonely. However, she encounters an event in the train. One man suddenly starts to make a speech in front of the passengers about looking for the woman who would be his partner. The screen is quite simple as the event happens while she is on the train. The reason we can enjoy it is that the woman's facial expression is rich. Her face is not only charming, it changes clearly. We can see how she feels at the time by her facial expression. This is one of the reasons I highly recommend this movie. Moreover, it is amazing that we can enjoy this film even though the woman does not speak - only the two men have dialogue. Therefore, I recommend this film as the woman's facial changes makes us curious about what happens next.
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7/10
Surprising ending
sknrk-478899 December 2023
"I'll wait for the next one." is a dark comedy about a woman and a man who ride the same train. The woman is about to go home by train as usual after finishing work. The man happens to be on the train, and he starts talking on the train in search of love, and then the story unfolds from there. The story is gripping, and at the beginning it makes me wonder, "What kind of person is this woman?" I imagine that the main character is single, has a somewhat gloomy expression, and seems not to be satisfied with her life. While there are comedic elements to the character's action, there are also some dark aspects. Although the woman doesn't speak at all, I can clearly understand her emotions just by looking at her facial expressions, such as her melancholy and envious expressions. At the end, the story unfolds in such a way that I can't help but say "Wow!" in surprise, and please pay attention to her facial expressions.
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4/10
Unpleasant
rika-3130210 August 2017
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My first impression on this short film is that it might cost too much for the 5-minute short film because the subway must be chartered by it. And I can't expect what's going on during a man's speaking alone. However, it's very thought-provoking because a man deceives a lady's feeling as a result. He obviously overdoes it. This is the joke which nobody can laugh. We can also say that this is no longer a joke. It's very good as a short movie, though... Some people will feel unpleasant after watching it, so I don't want to recommend this film honestly.

Why does the filmmaker make it? I really can't understand what his purpose is.
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