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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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9/10
Interesting but bit cruel.
akitagodfathers1 March 2019
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This short movie begins when a woman is taking the subway. The woman looks lonely, she sends a glance to a couple kissing in the station. In the train Suddenly a man starts announcing that he is looking for a relationship........ This short movie is about how people can dream and be hurt. The movie is too short but you can tell that definitely, the woman was hurt deeply. The woman had a dream for a second of knowing a wonderful man but at the very end, she knows it was not what she thought. The amazing part of it is that you can tell all those emotional changes and expectations of the woman from her face. The title, however, "I will wait for the next one" is the only thing I am not capable to understand. It might be referring to a man. The next man who she will meet. In that case, maybe the woman is not that hurt about the incident as I think.
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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
Surprising Ending
misa-4487220 July 2022
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"J'attendrai le suivant..."is a 2002 French short film.

The story begins with a lonely woman walking home alone. On her way home, she sees a couple hugging on the escalator. Later, she rides the subway, and a man begins to talk. He says he is looking for someone to be his partner because he is tired of living alone and his boring life. He has a little discussion with another passenger in the middle of this and says that the woman who is interested in him should get off at the next stop.

I do not like this movie very much, because it was difficult for me to understand what the film wanted to express at one viewing. At first I did not understand why the man did not get off with the woman at the train stop. The truth is that the man was talking to the other passengers but it was all a joke. The main female character also believed the man's words. That is very pitiful. It was difficult for me to understand what this film really wants to tell people. Thus, I did not like this movie.
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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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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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8/10
A movie which has a consistency to the story and direction
e4keimax29 November 2021
'I'll Wait For The Next One' is a short comedy and romance movie directed by Philippe Orreindy in 2002. A woman, who is single and looking for true love, meets a single man who also wants to get married, on the subway. Although this movie is very short, there is a consistency to the story from the beginning to the end, because both of them hope for love and marriage. Therefore, this movie has a simple and clear plot that a character wants something. Moreover, there is visual storytelling in this movie. For instance, there is a clue that the woman is single. When a man speaking on the subway says "There are five million single women in France, and where are they?" she looks away from him for a moment. It means that she is a single person and one of the five million women. On the whole, this movie makes it easy for the audience to understand from the perspective of the direction, so it is worth seeing.
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8/10
What is the true love?
nobaryuta17 May 2021
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The short film named "I'll wait for the next one" is a romance and satire story.

In this short film, a middle-aged woman who never speaks falls in love with a man. At first, going down an escalator, this woman sees a hot couple hugging and kissing and feels lonely. After getting on the train, she finds a man who speaks loud and clear to others. What he says is that he seeks a woman who can reach a "true love" with him, and also asks anyone interested to get off the train if she understands his thinking.

In my opinion, what the filmmakers wants to say in this film is that the true love cannot be easily and instantly completed. It is impossible to trust and understand about anyone in just a few minutes. I think that nurturing true love takes much time, not an instant of time. Hence, when a middle-aged woman trusts someone in a moment, it seems to be little bit ridiculous.

I would recommend this for those who seeks true love or feels lonely. This film shows the difficulty of true love.
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6/10
Great but sad...
b-884941 February 2019
The short film starts with a depiction of a lonely woman in France. She never talks; however, we can see her emotional rollercoaster and the changes that she has throughout the movie. At first, she gives a look to lovers jealously with no smile on her face. After her listening to a man's speech on the train, her face is brightened. The excitement she has even encourages her to jump off the train with her expectation that good things wait in the next station. From this movie, I feel the unlimited possibilities that lead characters have in a film. Again, the lead character, the single woman speaks no word. But from her facial expressions we can observe her emotional up and down. Also, by giving her longer film time, we can recognize the woman as the main character although the other characters speak more than her. In addition, I think the short movie is stable probably because of the way its beginning and ending. The same music is used in the first scene and toward the credit roll; the woman's mental situation is also the same, disappointed and lonely.
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8/10
Comedy
kurohdo9113 January 2024
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In the film I'll Wait for the Next One, a seemingly lonely middle-aged woman walks home alone. As she descends the escalator, her gaze lingers on a couple who have boarded the other side of the escalator. At this point, it becomes apparent that she has no man in her life and is probably looking for love. This story is about a woman who longs to find love. The obvious obstacles preventing her from meeting a man are conceivably her age and lack of confidence. To overcome her obstacles, she naively trusts the claims of young men and is blind to reality. The young computer scientist who offers himself facilitates the older woman's involvement with him by his persuasive and desperate pleas. The film is about one male passenger who makes fun of the young man's plea and jokingly offers up his wife, trampling on her blind trust. The content is very interesting but very complicated.
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7/10
Made me laugh
yurude23 December 2021
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This movie is a film of a woman. She seems wanting love from someone, and one day she takes subway. In the subway, she finds a man was making speech to find his partner. He sincerely offers women around him to give him love, and the woman starts to have interest on him.

Before watching this film, I didn't know that performances can be seen in subway in other countries. In my home country, people are very indifferent to others and we cannot see those. I prefer having this kind of culture. If you know this culture, I think you will find what is going on in this film and can laugh. Still some of you will understand what happens at the end, this is funny because characters' face and sheriffs are funny after knowing what happens next. Some of you might see this as making fun of the woman, though, I just like this film.
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9/10
Good film
dniallprry24 December 2021
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A woman arrives at the station and goes down on the escalator, where she sees a couple. She looks sad and bored by her daily life. On the train, a man suddenly introduces himself and speaks out that he is looking for a woman who can share true love with him and then asks passengers to get off at the next station if interested. The woman looks interested in the man. I watched the film in which the main character doesn't speak for the first time. We can understand and imagine the feeling of the women by other character's dialogue and her facial expressions. I think the women has a tough memory, so she wants to be loved. When I watched the opening scene, the woman looks so lonesome. Everyone has their share of hardship, and everyone wants to be loved and love someone. I think this film tells us that.
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7/10
Shocking and unexpected!
maiiiiebiiii22 December 2021
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"I'll Wait for the Next One" is a French short film. This is a story that takes place in a Paris metro. One single woman rides a train and there she sees a man. He says that he searches for a lady, and if there is someone who understands his idea, please get off the train at the next station. She also wants love like him, so she decides to get off. But... In this film, the woman doesn't say a word. However, there are some impressive scenes. For example, she watches a couple on the escalator, and in the last scene, she gets off the train and for a moment she looks at the train, but after that, she drops her eyes. Although she says nothing, the audience can understand her feeling well. But I feel sorry for her because the man betrays her. This film is suitable for the people who like a story with an unexpected ending.
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8/10
Tear-jerking and authentic ...
Neradea3316 May 2018
The short movie takes place in an underground train in France. A man enters the crowded train and starts talking loudly to catch the attention of the people. Claiming that he's not doing anything for money, he starts explaining how he is looking for love and starts explaining his own conception of love. During all this time, the majority of the people in the train is listening to the man and especially a woman, who seems to be around 40 years old and who seems to be really hooked by the man's words about love. An interesting aspect of the movie is the emphasis on visual story telling. Indeed, nothing is said or written about the woman's background, but the way she stares at the man implies maybe some kind of loneliness in her life or some kind of admiration. The emphasis put on the woman's gaze is a powerful tool used by the screenwriter to make the viewer think about her background. In addition, putting personal issues and questions through a simple and daily life scene is a proof of a good screenwriting and enables the viewers to share feelings more easily with the characters. The whole movie and especially the end will really make you think about human relationships in a general perspective and that is why I would recommend you to watch it !
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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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5/10
short film
ktkt-8091214 July 2022
'I'll wait for the next one' is a romance short film. There are many women and men on the train. Single women are also riding the train. Suddenly, a single man starts talking. He says that he has been single for three years and wants to get married. He asks women on the train to get off at the next station if they would like to date him.

A woman gets off at the next station. But the man who started the story does not get off. He stays on the train.

This movie is a dialogue movie, but the main character never speaks. Therefore, it must be read in the same way as a film without dialogue. It was a little difficult for me to understand the revelation at the ending, but when I did, it was very interesting. So, in my opinion, 'I'll wait for the next one' is worth seeing.
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