While it's OK to read some of the subtitles, the most important part of this movie is just watching the beautiful cinematography and it's more than worth the time. If you just have to read the subtitles, then watch it a second time for the pictures. Note the scenes where there is a poppy or other flower in the foreground with a wide sky or tree shot in the background, sometimes all in focus and sometimes with a dreamy quality to the entire shot. Wannabe film makers should watch this move for this as they will find few movies, French or otherwise, that will measure up to this. There's nothing wrong with the story, either. The story is a bit like a Rorschach (inkblot) Test. You are given enough to allow your mind/brain/personality to fill in the details with whatever your needs are at the moment.
Review of La vie promise
