Coming from the director of "Les bons débarras", this movie is a complete letdown. Very important elements are introduced into the script's third act without any previous hint at them and those element, meant to be shocking, have no bearing on the storyline.
Mankiewicz tries very hard to add elements of poetry, either with odd visual elements or strange, idiotic dialogue and he fails miserably.
We don't know for sure if Marie is just odd, mentally retarded or just plain crazy. Nothing explains why the father seems to have become mute. The incest angle, dropped into the story without any subtlety, makes the characters either sad or damaged or completely oblivious of it. And in the end, Marie seems comfortable with it and makes it seem like it's the life she wants.
Totally puzzling as far as what the intended message was meant to be.
Acting is overly theatrical, or maybe just plain bad. Hard to know what the director aimed to achieve with his actors.
One of the worst French Canadian movies from the director of one of the best.
Mankiewicz tries very hard to add elements of poetry, either with odd visual elements or strange, idiotic dialogue and he fails miserably.
We don't know for sure if Marie is just odd, mentally retarded or just plain crazy. Nothing explains why the father seems to have become mute. The incest angle, dropped into the story without any subtlety, makes the characters either sad or damaged or completely oblivious of it. And in the end, Marie seems comfortable with it and makes it seem like it's the life she wants.
Totally puzzling as far as what the intended message was meant to be.
Acting is overly theatrical, or maybe just plain bad. Hard to know what the director aimed to achieve with his actors.
One of the worst French Canadian movies from the director of one of the best.