Thursday, July 23, 2009

"Le roi de l'évasion" ~ 9/10

Guiraudie's first attempt of making a comedy film is a complete success. Everything from the use of music to wonderful characters sharing great dialogs, the form is flawless.
The (not that much) complicated subjects of everybody's homosexuality and heterosexuality , and of midlife crisis, are perfectly handled by a beautiful direction. Even the use of the french south-western accent can be counted as an outstanding quality here. The actors, particularly Hafsia Herzi and Ludovic Berthillot are full of charm, excellent in their roles.
Guiraudie might be some new kind of Godard, and certainly a pioneer in today's french cinema.
This film is pure and intelligent fun.

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