pierresimonet

Magic and poetry are often misunderstood. Nevertheless, when handled by clever people as the Larrieu brothers, they can say more about reality than an evident and boring realism. This movie is a little piece of jewelry which says a lot about modern love and its difficulties through ten years and three locations Paris, Ibiza and the magnificent Pyrenees. It's this kind of movie which makes you feel good watching it and even better after thinking about it. I saw the movie twice the same afternoon, something I have not done for ages. Yes real men are rare, almost as rare as the menaced species of "Coq de bruyère" (rare wild rooster) and you will be able to admire both in this charming comedy you must absolutely see.

Intelligence, beauty, subtlety are the three adjectives which comes through my French brain thinking about this movie. Disagreeing with the other review, I think the problem is not to know if Quaid is or is not a jerk (as a matter of fact, he is) as the main character is Julian Moore, the person we follow and we identify with.

Of course, there is nothing shocking in Quaid kissing another man and the trouble he feels in Florida falling in love with a young guy is clear enough. Haynes made a movie taking place in the 50's and he directed it as if we were in the 50's. It reminds me of the beautiful Douglas Sirk's movies. Quaid succeeds to live his love story with another man. Strangely enough the other review does not talk of the real subject of the movie (or just says that it's beautiful and it is truly...). At that time a gay love story was already possible but a love story between a black guy and a white girl was not. If Quaid is the symbol of the dominant thinking of that time, no wonder he's not very sympathetic. Thank you Todd Haynes as I did not cry with such pleasure for a long time.