cornetarquin

What a truly wonderful film. I have never seen the original but if it is better than this version it must be very,very good. I enjoyed the performances of the three main characters immensely and have watched the film time and time again. The strange thing is that I a don't actually speak French yet have been moved by the storyline and acting to want to watch it over and over again. I think I'm right in saying that this film hasn't been shown in England but with the addition of subtitles there is no reason it shouldn't. Channel Four Television recently had a 100 best war film programme that included many great films of that genre. In my opinion this is right up there with the best of them. Thanks to Pierre Boutron(Director) and stars Thomas Jouannet, Julie Delarme and Michel Galabru for a film that is simply a treasure.

What Sky were doing showing this gratuitous, violent, exploitative and tasteless rubbish is beyond me. I had the misfortune to record this by mistake and cringed through it's awfulness. The one star vote I gave for the film was earned for 'The End' which came up on the screen not before time. I have never felt so sick watching a film before. It's violence was so gratuitous that I found it hard to believe what I was watching.There is enough real life sickness without film makers wallowing in an orgy of violence like they did in this waste of celluloid. I think anyone connected with this tripe should feel ashamed of themselves.