5x2 (2004)
(Cinq fois deux)
Country: FR
Technical: col 90m
Director: François Ozon
Cast: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Françoise Fabian, Michel Lonsdale
Synopsis:
Through five vignettes, from divorce to 'meet cute', we watch the breakdown of a couple in reverse order.
Review:
Scenes from a Marriage, Gaspar Noé style. Despite the odd moment of tenderness, invariably undercut, Ozon's spoiler gamble leaves us with a feeling of the aleatoric nature of romantic relationships; by the time we get to the final swim into the sunset, we know so much about Gilles' narcissism and Marion's masochism that it is hard to feeling anything but a rueful melancholy. Such are the director's virtues of classicism, however, that the drama and performances seem harmoniously balanced, and the choice of key moments offers telling details to an audience already in possession of the facts.
(Cinq fois deux)
Country: FR
Technical: col 90m
Director: François Ozon
Cast: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Françoise Fabian, Michel Lonsdale
Synopsis:
Through five vignettes, from divorce to 'meet cute', we watch the breakdown of a couple in reverse order.
Review:
Scenes from a Marriage, Gaspar Noé style. Despite the odd moment of tenderness, invariably undercut, Ozon's spoiler gamble leaves us with a feeling of the aleatoric nature of romantic relationships; by the time we get to the final swim into the sunset, we know so much about Gilles' narcissism and Marion's masochism that it is hard to feeling anything but a rueful melancholy. Such are the director's virtues of classicism, however, that the drama and performances seem harmoniously balanced, and the choice of key moments offers telling details to an audience already in possession of the facts.
(Cinq fois deux)
Country: FR
Technical: col 90m
Director: François Ozon
Cast: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Françoise Fabian, Michel Lonsdale
Synopsis:
Through five vignettes, from divorce to 'meet cute', we watch the breakdown of a couple in reverse order.
Review:
Scenes from a Marriage, Gaspar Noé style. Despite the odd moment of tenderness, invariably undercut, Ozon's spoiler gamble leaves us with a feeling of the aleatoric nature of romantic relationships; by the time we get to the final swim into the sunset, we know so much about Gilles' narcissism and Marion's masochism that it is hard to feeling anything but a rueful melancholy. Such are the director's virtues of classicism, however, that the drama and performances seem harmoniously balanced, and the choice of key moments offers telling details to an audience already in possession of the facts.