My Favourite French Films

My favourite of the trilogy, Rouge is probably also the oddest and most thought-provoking one. As is often the case with artworks, there are many small elements that don't really make any sense, but still add to the overall ambience. The cast, especially Irene Jacob (and Rita!) played their roles perfectly. Highly recommended.

I can't really imagine how a film of this genre could be bettered. It's the sort of film that schools should make kids watch. Quite brilliant.

This film only really had two memorable scenes, both of which were very unpleasant. I absolutely hated the sudden flashback to the horrible scene with the chicken. Otherwise, there is not much to recommend a film with such deep meaning that the viewer is bored rigid whilst trying to figure it out, only to be met with an unsatisfactory and sudden ending. Yawn.

I have the DVD from France and if you need it with English subtitles, you may be interested to learn that they don't seem to work on a DVD player, only a PC. Apart from this, the film itself was an ok biopic. The first half was sad and interesting, the second half was slow and rather irritating. The flashbacks rather detracted from what could've been quite something. It doesn't paint Piaf in a very good light either, so if you're a big fan, you might not like this as much as you'd hoped.

Strange and slow to start with, building up to a strange and almost exciting ending. Not bad, but hardly a barrel of laughs. A grubby, smoky film.

I liked the strange menu system on the DVD and I liked the end credits music. Apart from that, everything else was tiresome in the extreme. The water scene and anything involving the Troglos was chaotic, grating and I found myself wishing it would end. I really liked Amelie and Long Dimanche, so was terribly disappointed by this severely unfunny comedy.