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As Sophie Marceau's debut, it is technically sound with pretty good lighting and cinematography. However she seems to be struggling with the story-telling. It's supposed to be a very touching movie about love worn away through the years by all kinds of torment in life, but... it just isn't quite reached the point that touches peoples' hearts yet. Anyway it's not bad as a debut and I look forward to more good works by Sophie -- not just a beautiful face!

According to this movie, it seems like you just can't be safe until you kill everyone that's not with you!!! A lame attempt to create a godfather-style epic -- the only comparable aspect is the cinematography, which is really superb, and Paul Newman's acting is truly flawless -- even a still shot of the back says more than most actors' attempts to act with all their might! Other than that, there's not much worth seeing in this movie, I'm afraid...

It's disturbing, yes, but I still see this movie as being good natured basically. It's pretty much a portrayal of how people react to different pressures in life -- some will withdraw from reality, some resort to violence, betrayal or blaming others as their burden... it is under such pressure that the good or evil deep rooted in one's mind comes into play -- in the end it's the "good" and "innocent" that is able to find the way out (although "evil" follows closely). Try looking at pressure and teamwork from a different perspective and see if you get any inspiration from this movie... Plus, I'm not sure if that was done on purpose but most of the audience felt rather stunned when the exit of the cinema led us into a narrow passageway (which looked rather "cubical") lighted in green...