Jack and I enjoyed this dialogue-heavy satire about a book publisher and an actress, their intellectual discussions of literature and the digitalization of modern life, and their extra-marital affairs. It's in French, with subtitles, so there's a lot of reading!
Juliette Binoche (last blogged for Clouds of Sils Maria) is the actress and Guillaume Canet (I don't think I've seen any of his dozens of credits. Also, he looks a lot like Patrick Dempsey) is her husband the publisher.
Director/writer Olivier Assayas (same jobs on Clouds of Sils Maria) has probably seen Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry (1997) because there's a plot point that reminded me of it. And many reviewers have mentioned Allen in writing about this movie because of the high-brow hilarious lines.
Cinematographer Yorick Le Saux (last blogged for A Bigger Splash and also shot Clouds of Sils Maria for Assayas) gets to cut loose in the glorious exteriors of the final location, shot in Majorca, Spain. The Paris and other French locales are pretty, too.
Jack has come up with a new movie rule. Characters frequently just order "a beer" (or, in this case, "une bière") without specifying the brand. He would never do that! My list of rules is now up to 23.
No composer is credited and no list of songs available, as far as I can tell.
Rotten Tomatoes' critics, averaging 87%, are split from its audiences at 69. Clearly, not for everyone. But we liked it.
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