Overall the film was enjoyable, but I found it a bit slow, and found that the plot didn't really arrive at a conclusion. Loin is also filmed in the jittery camera style, which since I was sitting close to the screen gave me a head-ache. The love story between Sara and Serge was well portrayed though. It is not a standard love story, which is what provides its strength: Serge has many weaknesses, and the fact that they love each other nonetheless creates a strong psychological/human/emotional situation.
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Another French masterpiece
martinpersson9727 December 2022
French cinema is without a doubt one of the greatest filmmakers in the world, and this one is a very good representation of it.
The cinematography is splendid and the editing as well. The actors all do an astounding job and the writing is very clever and non-conventional, as befitting the nation.
I could definitely recommend this to any lover of film, and the movies of France. It is so well put together and important in its dramatic writing and the well told story.
It is without a doubt a testament to the genius of this director, and, with his other works in consideration, yet another addition to the powerful french cinema.
The cinematography is splendid and the editing as well. The actors all do an astounding job and the writing is very clever and non-conventional, as befitting the nation.
I could definitely recommend this to any lover of film, and the movies of France. It is so well put together and important in its dramatic writing and the well told story.
It is without a doubt a testament to the genius of this director, and, with his other works in consideration, yet another addition to the powerful french cinema.
The Wild Reeds character revisited
fromdecatur-1012621 December 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The main character is Serge from The Wild Reeds. The main character from that movie, Francois, is also in this movie. There doesn't really appear to be any relation to the first movie, though. There is mention that they were in school together, but they don't have any significant interaction, and Francois doesn't really serve a lot of purpose in the movie, and there is no reference to his being gay, which was of great importance to the character in the first movie.
Setting that aside, though it is puzzling, this is a movie about a young truck driver who takes on the dangerous work of transporting illegal drugs while also trying to connect with an old (or perhaps on-again, off-again) girlfriend. She is deciding where she wants to go next in her life. Her friend Said is desperate to illegally immigrate to Europe. It's a decent movie, though I'm just puzzled why it uses the two characters from The Wild Reeds but doesn't seem to reference any of the themes from that movie.
Setting that aside, though it is puzzling, this is a movie about a young truck driver who takes on the dangerous work of transporting illegal drugs while also trying to connect with an old (or perhaps on-again, off-again) girlfriend. She is deciding where she wants to go next in her life. Her friend Said is desperate to illegally immigrate to Europe. It's a decent movie, though I'm just puzzled why it uses the two characters from The Wild Reeds but doesn't seem to reference any of the themes from that movie.
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