Without a Trace

Vivre Sans Eux

I saw this French drama VIVRE SANS EUX inspired from a True Story

A remorse father Martin (Bernand Le Coq) comes to meet his gay son at a mansion where he meets the new occupant Oliver (Gregory Montel). Martin becomes suspicious and spies on Oliver, leading him to meet Adele (Esther Garrel) who has come to meet her gay father - partner of Martin's son. Both start on an odd note but develop an endearing bond for the same purpose of finding their LOVED ones.

One thing leads to another, to reveal the suspense.

The script is very well written by Jean Luc Estebe with unusual plot twists and turns incorporated with relevant flashback stories of Martin and Adele.

Director Jacques Millot maintains a realistic look -unfolding complex human interactions and developing relationships between different characters while maintaining a countryside feel to the narrative.

The casting too is apt - Bernand as a remorseful father and Adele as a strong-willed, opinionated straight-talk daughter portray their characters with much ease. Gregory Montel's character is unlike what he has portrayed till date in his previous movies and he too does gritting justice to his role.

The good thing of the movie is that it does not fall into a typical cliche' sequence of events that we see in a psychological mystery-suspense thriller.

The movie had a good run in various European country telecast,

I would go with 6.75 out of 10 for this Italian production