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Promenons-nous dans les bois (2000)
As I was thinking: "there's no way they can keep this up"...
The story is about a group of young actors going to a rich man's mansion to perform the story of little red riding hood for his kid. The first 20 minutes of this film are excellent. A weird, claustrophobic atmosphere is set, and everything (music, titles, photography) flows from one thing to another and really drags one into the story. As I was thinking "there's no way they can keep up this level of quality for the rest of the movie", things began to slow down, plot was feeling constructed, rhythm and timing became awkward, and acting didn't stay consistent. There are elements indicating that the original story of l.r.r. hood is transposed to a modern era -the wolf and the hunter are there- but if there were other characters of the original story, then I didn't quite catch them. The whole feels very plot-centered, with the usual twists and explanation in the last 5 minutes. The only thing that can keep one interested is the photography - it's excellent.