emmanuelrabu

Great contemplative film that carries something from Apocalypse Now without apocalypse (unless it's the ghostly presence of Marlon Brando playing tricks on me) and Below the Volcano. A port, a nightclub, the sea, sailors, dancers, receptions - all elements linked by Benoît Magimel. It's a poisonous film whose motives (a submarine, a rumour, political and social relations, violence, colonization, etc.) initiated do not give any tension to the film (it's not a thriller as it has been written), the film is on the contrary a sort of stable state, stirred by waves. The photography is sublime. A magnificent film.

One of the best French comic series, very funny and unfairly unknown, in the spirit of The Office and Extras, but we recognize Blanche Gardin and Fabrice Éboué's touch A touring troupe of stand-up comedians, each playing their own role. Too bad there's only one season.

Cinematographically, scriptwriting often sucks, but the film is shot through with a few poetic scenes (a horse in town that escapes, children on the beach), actors (coluche in particular) and a representation of social failure (as Michel Blanc with Marche à l'ombre and Jugnot with Une époque formidable) typical of the 80s, which alone are worth the detour on Balasko's first production.