show a lot of skin.
Set in a time and place not usually the stuff of legend, it has its moments, especially cinematically. This North American found the location shooting often arresting and the historical setting relevant to the kinds of people depicted.
Please note, however, that the characters range from the pathetic to the disgusting, no insult to the capable cast. What is annoying -- and I got a belly full with the much ballyhooed THE DREAMERS a few months ago -- is that to be "realistic," or to use the Americanism "gritty," there has to be a LOT of explicit sex. If the story is slow or pointless and the characters unlovable, then throw in lurching orgasms and pubic hair. It at least keeps Generation X awake in their seats. In sum, not for a first date and only for those most devoted to "noir."
Set in a time and place not usually the stuff of legend, it has its moments, especially cinematically. This North American found the location shooting often arresting and the historical setting relevant to the kinds of people depicted.
Please note, however, that the characters range from the pathetic to the disgusting, no insult to the capable cast. What is annoying -- and I got a belly full with the much ballyhooed THE DREAMERS a few months ago -- is that to be "realistic," or to use the Americanism "gritty," there has to be a LOT of explicit sex. If the story is slow or pointless and the characters unlovable, then throw in lurching orgasms and pubic hair. It at least keeps Generation X awake in their seats. In sum, not for a first date and only for those most devoted to "noir."