davidpedersen

This is not a great film, but it is very interesting historically and sociologically. It is an interesting slice of life 35 years ago during a very unsettling time in Quebec politics when separatism was very popular. Also it takes you back to the sexual revolution of the times, with Quebec questioning the catholic church and accepting the freedom of the times with gusto. The English/French conflict is dealt with in a stereotypical way but still the film reminds me a little of what it was like many years ago and reminds me of how things have changed for the better. For those of us that like Susan Sarandon this is an early work of hers, and probably one film she would like us not to discover! Find out why for yourself by watching!

This film was outrageous, about a teacher acting on the advances of a minor. Even though the minor played by Vanessa Paradis who was 17 at the time of acting this part was sexually aggressive this does not excuse the teacher, a man in the position of power, from allowing himself to be drawn into her web. The minor was a little mentally unstable but very intelligent and unconventional to say the least. He should have offered her love and support but not sex. This is an interesting film, though, very watchable if totally unrealistic and amoral.

This is a real war film. It is not pretty. It is not a movie such as I've ever seen and I cannot say that I enjoyed it, but non the less it is a film that should be watched for anyone interested in what man is capable of. It should be seen so as to know why we must control ourselves to be as morally aware as possible and to try to get along with each other so as not to repeat the same patterns of history again and again. The film is very interesting in the way it was made, it is so unconventional that it is hard to relate to it. It actually gave me the feeling that I was a witness to an event that was absolutely intolerable and despicable. Watching this film was like being there yet your mind cannot take the pain and torture so it becomes a dreamy nightmare that one cannot escape from until wakened by the live reversing footage of Hitler's Europe imploding at the end of the film. Quite a work of art. This film should not be seen by the faint or those that try to escape trying to understand human depravity at its best.