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Admirable film.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

¡Spoilers! I saw this kooky film in Spain dubbed into Spanish. It was a little slow getting started and as this was the second movie of a double feature I almost walked out. Once the structure revealed itself and the time-line started to double-back on itself I couldn't wait to see what happened next. My biggest complaint in the movie was the casting of Vincent. I thought that he was staking Rosalie so that he could hook up with her and when he finally kissed Aude I was completely shocked and confused. They gave some hints that Aude thought Vincent had more to him than met the spying eyes but I didn't see a romance in bloom.To me he looked as old as the woman he was pursuing. There were quite a few laugh-out-loud bits in the film but they didn't go overboard on the bizarre.

A tangled web of a movie which draws the viewer in with few hints as to how it will unfold. Covers all sorts of modern day themes such as love, loneliness, unwanted celebrity status, loss, humour...The characters are fully developed and you get to understand and empathise with their backstory which is quite important to the plot.There is no doubt the director and writers have quite a bit of fun with the audience but never at their expense. The film looks at events over a few days from the viewpoint of 3 of the protagonists in quite a successful manner.Quite a lovely "little" story of everyday life and love.

This film was reported as receiving the greatest audience support in 27 years of the Alliance Françoise film festival, and while it's an entertainingly competent film, I'm not sure it's in the quarter-of- a-century-best type realm.It's a tale of mid 30s hairdresser Vincent's obsession with slightly older Rosalie, and the unlikely series of circumstances which both led to his feelings and unfold with the film's narrative. The involvement of Rosalie's niece Aude (Alice Isaaz) and her two friends brings both the three sad sacks Vincent, Rosalie, Simone (Vincent's mother) and the film to life, and this contrast is a strength. We get more than one perspective on quite a proportion of the film, and while this ultimately worked, initially it seemed repetitive before I'd worked out what was going on. While the set up seems a bit slow, it provides good solid background for many of the characters and the overall situation.The French village scenes and occasional long view are lovely, particularly with the cool colours of winter and long low twilight ambiance.The story comes from Camille Jourdy's graphic novels 'Rosalie Blum' and it could be this is the source of the film's greatest strengths but also weaknesses. If you're making a film based on a book, current expectation is to stick to the book. Omit, as necessary maybe, but don't add. I've not read (viewed?) these graphic novels, but somehow I found the story line just a wee bit too circumstantial or inadequately portrayed to be really riveting.

I saw it at the French Film Festival in Sydney 2016. It is everything I love in a film: well written, original ideas, quirky, humorous, great character development, affirming relationships, satisfactory resolution but not saccharine. Each of the characters has moved on to a new place in their lives, and there is more to come. France pumps out films of very high quality with great regularity....and the rom-com genre is a favourite. This one s a cut above the rest because it contains pathos without being clichéd.The plot is divided into chapters, re-telling events from the point of view of the three main characters. I love this....each re-telling provides reveals which move the story along, and provide laughs.