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In this movie the director tells a contemporary fable in which he revisits the thousand possible lives of an everyday man with their succession of facts, dreams, hopes, disappointments, fears, feelings and emotions. The soundtrack is the red thread that binds them into a single narrative, and the trumpet is the instrument that consents the recollection and reflection.

The narrated journey is the path taken by the main character to find himself and is at times realistic and at times imaginary: like in our reflections situations overlap with dreams.

The result is a pleasant, poetlc, romantic and well structured film in which there is no lack of hilarity and sense of humour. The gracefulness with which Lelouch caresses his memories and his dreams is truly remarkable. Last but not least to be appreciate is the tribute to Lino Ventura one of the artists with whom the director collaborated in his greatest hits.

In his latest film, Claude Lelouch adopts a jazz-like style to explore the truth of human emotions. From the opening credits, he sets the tone by describing the work as a "musical fable." Just as jazz abandons conventional melody, Lelouch forgoes narrative coherence and plausibility, instead relying on the rhythm and vibrancy of his scenes to create a whirlwind mosaic. Each scene becomes a piece of the larger puzzle, forming the building blocks of his unique cinematic language.

The director's unrestrained approach mirrors the journey of the main character, who takes an unfiltered look at their life, free from the self-indulgence of a compassionate self-narrative. Through Lelouch's extraordinary skill, this deliberate loss of narrative realism allows for a rare and genuine exploration of love's complexities.