Remi Sans Famille:
We recorded this movie on the strength of Daniel Auteuil mentioned on the credit and also for our grandchildren due to spend some time with us during their school holiday.
(This did not happen thanks to Covid 19!) But we had a look at it recently.
"Sans Famille" rang a bell in my mind from my youth days but I could not recall it at all. Did I read the book or heard it on radio as a weekly session, I just don't know anymore.
I have to say though, I found the film rather disappointing and surprised it scores an average of 7+.
Despite living the end of my 8th decade I still do find children's story very enjoyable. Recently I have seen Belle and Sebastien X3, Heidi, The school of life with much pleasure. (again thanks to C19!) So what went wrong for me with "Remi Nobody's Boy"? It had one of my favourite actor, a cute kid and such a nice setting (yes, without knowing I felt the area was within the "Massif Central", (old mountains in the centre of France) where I spent only one Summer vacations with my boarding school crowd. A wonderful area that left such nice memories in my mind despite the short experience it was. I also loved Capi the dog and Rousette the cow, not so sure about Jolie Coeur the monkey!
But perhaps what got my nose out of joint was I felt the story was also a little out of joint. It is quite all over the place (yet speaking French!). The old man telling his story as a kid did not work for me. I would have much prefer to get it straight as it happened. Then the unthinkable happens... And this again did not work for me, perhaps it did and will for others.
...Struggling to exhaustion in the snow with a burning lamp? Then a nice camp fire, again on the snow, made pretty pictures but seemed a little unnatural.
I would also say the outcome is pretty predictable, which I have to concede is not always a bad thing.
However I have seen plenty well touted movies which left my friends and I rather confused. Perhaps I was expecting too much and may have, also, got up on the wrong side of the bed on that particular day!
I hope it will be a better experience for you.
(This did not happen thanks to Covid 19!) But we had a look at it recently.
"Sans Famille" rang a bell in my mind from my youth days but I could not recall it at all. Did I read the book or heard it on radio as a weekly session, I just don't know anymore.
I have to say though, I found the film rather disappointing and surprised it scores an average of 7+.
Despite living the end of my 8th decade I still do find children's story very enjoyable. Recently I have seen Belle and Sebastien X3, Heidi, The school of life with much pleasure. (again thanks to C19!) So what went wrong for me with "Remi Nobody's Boy"? It had one of my favourite actor, a cute kid and such a nice setting (yes, without knowing I felt the area was within the "Massif Central", (old mountains in the centre of France) where I spent only one Summer vacations with my boarding school crowd. A wonderful area that left such nice memories in my mind despite the short experience it was. I also loved Capi the dog and Rousette the cow, not so sure about Jolie Coeur the monkey!
But perhaps what got my nose out of joint was I felt the story was also a little out of joint. It is quite all over the place (yet speaking French!). The old man telling his story as a kid did not work for me. I would have much prefer to get it straight as it happened. Then the unthinkable happens... And this again did not work for me, perhaps it did and will for others.
...Struggling to exhaustion in the snow with a burning lamp? Then a nice camp fire, again on the snow, made pretty pictures but seemed a little unnatural.
I would also say the outcome is pretty predictable, which I have to concede is not always a bad thing.
However I have seen plenty well touted movies which left my friends and I rather confused. Perhaps I was expecting too much and may have, also, got up on the wrong side of the bed on that particular day!
I hope it will be a better experience for you.