"Petit tailleur" or "Little Tailor" is a French movie from 2010, so nothing too new or too old and the writer and director here is successful French actor Louis Garrel, maybe also an aspiring filmmaker now as he made his first full feature work not too long ago. This movie we have here, however, runs for 43 minutes only, which is close to full feature, but still fits in the short film category of under 44 minutes according to IMDb standards. It is a black-and--white film and this immediately reminded me of the old short film works of Truffaut and Godard and there is also the reference to the title of my review. In terms of genre and atmosphere, it fit in very nicely. The lead actor Arthur Igual is not known to me unfortunately and same goes for his grandfather Albert who plays a major supporting character here. The star in here is the once again amazing-looking Léa Seydoux obviously, who really broke through big style since then and appeared in the most recent Bond movie too playing a major character. But back to this movie here. I enjoyed it overall. It's probably working more because of the atmosphere and the creativity in here than because of the story as we witness a young tailor who has to make a crucial decision between his new love and his profession (symbolized by his mentor). The fairy tale reference in the title is not really adding anything. There are no flies killed in here. I think the film could have been 10 minutes shorter with better focus in terms of story-telling, but like I said the plot never really feels at the very center of it. I am always a bit critical when it comes to Garrel as an actor, but here as a filmmaker he convinced me. Watch it if you like French films, old and new.
Review of Little Tailor
