I saw this at the Toronto International Film Festival with an engaged audience present.
This movie poked fun and seriousness into a quirky man and his efforts at becoming a show director. Not a big time Hollywood director, but a small, French show director.
Was I expecting the opening scenes to have some Japanese in it? Not at all. But it did give the character some depth and interest and made the story even more complex, his intentions that much clearer.
And although the show was focused on some theatrical pieces, something about this screamed 'movie'...this is a movie, this is a cool movie, and it might be fun to watch this movie.
So that's it. This movie I found to be quirky, watchable, with French-ness interwoven against awareness of a somewhat broader geographical backdrop.
This movie poked fun and seriousness into a quirky man and his efforts at becoming a show director. Not a big time Hollywood director, but a small, French show director.
Was I expecting the opening scenes to have some Japanese in it? Not at all. But it did give the character some depth and interest and made the story even more complex, his intentions that much clearer.
And although the show was focused on some theatrical pieces, something about this screamed 'movie'...this is a movie, this is a cool movie, and it might be fun to watch this movie.
So that's it. This movie I found to be quirky, watchable, with French-ness interwoven against awareness of a somewhat broader geographical backdrop.