The movie was rather long but it had my undivided attention for its entire duration. It certainly seems to me that there is some sort of a cliché' in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's movies that have Audrey Tatou in them as the main character. This was a rather similar chain of events, albeit with a different plot, to her Amelie role three years ago, and I saw a good handful of the same actors and actresses were there too. Tcheky Karyo had his place in it too("Pour la France ou la Moooooorte"); he indeed is cut for roles like the government agent in Nikita and the cop in The Good Thief.
A sad plot, a story that will certainly bring many of our relatives and parents down memory lane after seeing this movie. Indeed, many of those young fellows were drafted in the 15/18 war, taken away from their families, families that so many of them never saw again. Very moving when Manech asks Mathilde "Does it hurt when you walk", just like he did when they first met as kids. Photography was very good and, albeit its length, another beautiful fable starring Audrey.
A sad plot, a story that will certainly bring many of our relatives and parents down memory lane after seeing this movie. Indeed, many of those young fellows were drafted in the 15/18 war, taken away from their families, families that so many of them never saw again. Very moving when Manech asks Mathilde "Does it hurt when you walk", just like he did when they first met as kids. Photography was very good and, albeit its length, another beautiful fable starring Audrey.