Some of the themes in this movie are attractive for popular audiences : the return to country values, life and death in nature, a woman's bravery, old people's loneliness, and so forth. Alright. But writer-director Christian Carion is unable to exploit them and tell a story to the fullest. He should hire a professional writer to help him put his sensitivity through. So many dramatic elements are planted and never pay off. What about this parachutist we see once in a while? Is this only a metaphor for something? Can't its storyline have an ending, and therefore a meaning, other than something symbolic left to every viewer's appreciation? When a death is announced at one point in the narrative, you expect it is Adrien's (Michel Serrault) because it has been largely planted that he is to disappear. Surprise, it's Jean's (Jean-Paul Roussillon). OK, fair enough. But then, why is Adrien's death never presented? We should have seen how Sandrine (Mathilde Seigner) manages at the farm without the help and presence of Adrien. None of that. On the whole, this film is a narrative waste of good intentions.
Review of The Girl from Paris
