Saturday, January 15, 2011
LIFE
I finished the film
La graine et le mulet / The Secret of the Grain (2007)
The second half.
More life, more family, more detail of a kind of French life which we do not normally see. Small town, sea coast and not Marseille.
The leads here are very powerful as is the intricate story.
A last chance at success, in the world, for and old man is shown in parallel with his family life and what he has done so far. The successes and failures.
Wait. That sounds pretentious and is way off the mark.
This is a real work of cinematic art. It is the only way that it can be understood. This is the advantage of film over theater or books. It is close up. Gritty. In our faces.
And in our spirits.
I would like to see this film again. It had a hold on me that very films do have. Its unconventional structure stretched on the frame of classic tragedy is deeply moving.
So, a 5 out of Netflix5.
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