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Being a huge fan of ''Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain'' and of ''Les Invasions Barbares'' I was anticipating this film to be pretty awesome until I read reviews that were saying that even though the images are absolutely stunning, the movie was empty. Well I definitely agree about the images, but the film wasn't empty at all. It was a realistic look at the life of a beautiful, successful young adult. The characters are ''modern'' if I can use such a term. They admit to cheat on their partner without any guilt like it was normal and I feel a little social criticism on Arcand's part. It's like the film Nashville, there's not really a story, but some observations by the director. I don't compare this movie with Nashville, but I think you get the point. It's a beautifully shot realistic view into a young successful architect life

My English is not perfect so sorry if there is some mistakes

I saw this movie before i saw the departed and when i saw the departed after i was thinking. I already saw this movie before and then i remembered this movie who is in my opinion a lot better than the departed .

The characters are way darker and i prefer the way it was directed too !

The acting in this movie is phenomenal i even got a little cry falling of my eyes at the end of the movie the end of this movie if way better than the end of the departed it showed a lot of the Japanese movie values. Like respect prides and Honor in a really unic Japanese way.