La Buche
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Movie Reviews of La Buche
Movie Review: Un autre bijou de la France
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first saw this movie on Italian TV [Pranzo di Natale], I had just returned from a 5-hour gig and needed that relaxing moment before sleep. Being a fan of Emmanuelle Béart, I literally ate the screen at her yet again stunning interpretation. French movies have one special feature: they are all artistically oriented. The French public is not easily impressed, and trashes US blockbusters as being the product of computer geniuses who cover flat acting.Danièle Thompson gives the whole plot that bittersweet feel characteristic of reality - that acidic feeling in your stomach when something seems to go right but you still are not satisfied for some obscure reason. No sex. No action. The complexity of this familiar situation is not spoiled by useless scenes aimed at attracting audience. Every minute builds upon the previous, every event adds some element to the plot... which though complex, can be summarized as "finding the best compromise between love and life".
Personally I enjoy best the original dub (in French). If you are not fluent in French, the subtitles are not at all tiring and have no negative impact on the movie. I also saw it dubbed in Italian and was quite satisfied too, though I am sure English can never emit those nuances characteristic to romantic languages. Language-wise, the ending song is in a pleasant German dialect [not Russian :)] and is very "Tzigane" (gypsy), though the late mother's lover mimes the violin-virtuoso pathetically. The DVD has come out over 4 years after its release in France, and I shall be doing my best to have this film projected at the Alliance Francaise in the near future.
Movie Review: Charming
Summary: 5 Stars
I love European films. They have a different quality than that of the American ones. La Busch had that quality. It has no action, or sex, and that was just fine with me. It had wit, humor, wonderful music, and an interesting plot, with surprising twists. I will deffintely watch it again.Movie Review: Intimate, lovely, real
Summary: 5 Stars
La Buche is one of those "small" films in which there isn't alot of action, but it lingers in your imagination and your heart, and then you realize that you are very moved by it. I've watched it three times and I'm sure I'm not done yet.Movie Review: "Three Sisters" celebrate Christmas in Paris or Anton Chekhov would've smiled:
Summary: 4 Stars
Three sisters, the Parisians with the sweet Russian names, Sonya, Lyuba and Milla and their parents who have been divorced for 25 years but still have a lot to say to each other are in the center of this charming, clever, funny, touching and poignant dramedy that takes place one year in Paris from December 20 till Christmas Eve. It will start with the funeral and it will end with the Christmas party in which all members of this dysfunctional family participate but many events will happen before the party, important decisions will be taken, life-changing revelations will occur and all of it with the background of incredible Paris decorated for Christmas and the sound of beloved Christmas songs and some unforgettable Russian and Jewish songs. Danièle Thompson directed a marvelous movie for which she and her son Christian (who also stars) wrote a script. Three beautiful and talented actresses play the sisters. Sabine Azéma is Lyuba, the older of the three (the songs that she performes in a Russian cabaret almost reduce me to tears), Emmanuelle Béart is Sonya, the only one of the sisters who seems to have found happiness in her picture perfect family life but there is more than meets the eye. Charlotte Gainsbourg (the daughter of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, a very talented young actress whom I like in everything I've seen her) is Milla, the youngest sister, a brilliant computer programmer, the rebel and the loner who spends all her time at work.
9/10
Movie Review: A French 'Hannah & Her Sisters'
Summary: 3 Stars
This little known but charming movie is an ensemble piece and very French in its eccentric characters, twists, turns and coincidences. We see sibling rivalry and friction, but the story tells us that we may not know the people most close to us and that life can be constantly surprising. Another surprise is to see these accomplished actresses play against type.
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