As wild grass grows through cracks of cement, so do the illogical passions and expectations of the human beings grow through their civilized masks. People with a respectable profile, display these cracks as time passes by and they see the ending coming closer, without having realized their dreams. A lost wallet is the cause for George Pallet (André Dussollier) to bring to the surface all his expectations and anxieties. Marguerite Muir (Sabine Azéma) also lives a well balanced life until she falls in love, so uniquely visualizing in the film the equivalent french expression “coup de foudre”. From that point on, everything in her life becomes a mess.
Alain Resnais makes a movie for the feelings we cannot control in our lives and the passions that peal off our civilized face with a playful mood and a tone of slight exaggeration.
It is not one of his best movies but is certainly a worth seeing one.
My rating: 06 / 10
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