11/24
Line of Events
It follows Cécile, a young woman who spends the summer in a villa in the south of France with her widowed father Raymond and his latest love interest, Elsa. I give this two stars only for the beautiful cinematography and soundtrack. The rest sounds like characters from one of those stupid American comedies attempting French sophistication. All that comes out is this eternally tired entitled tone which permeates the aforementioned films. Like Britney Spears reading Francoise Sagan. I’m not even much of a fan of French cinema, so this isn’t some jealous defense, but simply conveying the pain of having gone through this. The ending is particularly clumsy, missing the opportunity for at least some mystique.