jrkerjean
Joined Mar 2019
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Because Henri Sauguet wrote a remarkable score, because Louis Guilloux wrote an almost frighteningly sober adaptation and terse dialogue, because the actors are excellent, this series goes beyond adaptation: it is a new creation based on Martin du Gard's masterpiece (1940). It is possible to miss this beautiful work, but one must avoid criticizing without analyzing.
The director of this series despises so much the intelligence of his Anglo-Saxon (or not) viewers that he doesn't even make the effort to produce one of theses very amusing caricatures of the French, which -from Minnelli to Wilder- are a Hollywood specialty we all love (Anglo-Saxon or not) : he only distills a vague contempt for the outside world.
All the characters and dialogues are treated like statuettes frozen in their smile or in their anger, only the dresses bring a semblance of life to this series.
All the characters and dialogues are treated like statuettes frozen in their smile or in their anger, only the dresses bring a semblance of life to this series.