Die Meteoriten

There's something otherworldly about this well-directed soft French coming-of-age story on a somewhat-hard background. It meanders along, focused in it's study, sometimes lingering unnecessarily on what may or may not be important, surprising, with time left to ponder and the occasional moment of exquisite cinematography, scored gently, moving things forward to an ultimate ambiguous conclusion. I was drawn in and left in wonder../wondering.

Modern tale about the end of adolescence that owes a lot to Zéa Duprez, the main actress who illuminates the film with her freshness and her advantageous silhouette. Her acting makes me think of both Adele Exarchopoulos and Sandrine Bonnaire. For a first film (director & actors), it's rather successful, even if the script is sometimes messy. As a synthesis: 5/6 of 10. Without a doubt, I'll see their second movie.

I've rarely had less sympathy for a protagonist than I did for Nina, whose self-centered narcissism was quite annoying. But importantly, my sympathy (and empathy) began to improve about 3/4 through the movie, beginning with her sad reaction to the bullfight. Since others might find her more sympathetic from the beginning, maybe they'll find her more engaging.

Like others, I did feel like this was a coming-of-age story, which gave me even greater hope for Nina's future. But even after she became more likable she was making immature decisions and taking selfish actions that derailed my feelings for her.

But at least she wasn't Morad, her love interest, who I found thoroughly detestable for the entire film. Talk about self-centered! Morad is someone who will be stuck in the same town doing virtually nothing with his life until he finally keels over. At least Nina has a shot at making something of her life. You can see the glimmer of hope glowing inside her in the final scenes.

Performances, direction and cinematography were all pretty good, which made the film quite watchable. The last third of the film elevated my score, but the entirety of the plot and emptiness of the characters were just not endearing for me.

A film about vulnerability, a coming of age story , fair portrait of indecisions, apparences, looking for sense of life, crushes against life and first steps to maturity. I loved the beautiful work of Zea Duprez, the symbols - from meteorit to the short films about birth of world , the last scene and the craft of her relations .

A beautiful film for a very precise target because its virtue is to be discovered in real sense as a sort/ kind of personal , very personal story.