Luck and karma join forces.
This is Allen's 50th film, and sadly probably his last. Made in France and in the French language.
The married couple Fanny and Jean (Lou de Laage and Melvin Poupaud) are living their best lives in Paris. The only thing Fanny know about Jean's job is that he's "making rich people more rich" (quite like Alec Baldwin's character in "Blue Jasmine").
One day, Fanny is on her way to her job when she meets Alain (Niels Schneider). They attended the same school, and Alain was secretly in love with Fanny. They start a platonic relationship, that after some time become more serious. As Jean is a very controlling husband, Fanny feels more free, and in love.
She's not ready to leave Jean though. One day the couple gets a visit from Fanny's mother, Camille (the always fantastic Valerie Lemercier). She notices that something's not quite right with Fanny.
Here the story becomes typically Woody Allen. This involves private detectives, parties with suspicious friends, East European boxers, luck and most of all a whole lot of karma.
It's not Allen's best film, but it is, as always, very, very good. It's a very fine French cast, and the whole thing is very well written and of course very well directed.
The married couple Fanny and Jean (Lou de Laage and Melvin Poupaud) are living their best lives in Paris. The only thing Fanny know about Jean's job is that he's "making rich people more rich" (quite like Alec Baldwin's character in "Blue Jasmine").
One day, Fanny is on her way to her job when she meets Alain (Niels Schneider). They attended the same school, and Alain was secretly in love with Fanny. They start a platonic relationship, that after some time become more serious. As Jean is a very controlling husband, Fanny feels more free, and in love.
She's not ready to leave Jean though. One day the couple gets a visit from Fanny's mother, Camille (the always fantastic Valerie Lemercier). She notices that something's not quite right with Fanny.
Here the story becomes typically Woody Allen. This involves private detectives, parties with suspicious friends, East European boxers, luck and most of all a whole lot of karma.
It's not Allen's best film, but it is, as always, very, very good. It's a very fine French cast, and the whole thing is very well written and of course very well directed.
- mogensenf
- Mar 8, 2025