nothing is simple or straightforward here.Yet, nothing like this happens in real life either. This is not a fairy tale, but it is life (or end of it) as one would like to imagine it.. No cookie cutter statements apply here and i disagree with others who want to pigeon hole this or that turn of events in the film. first of all its Pauline who seeks Matthew out, it appears that she has instant liking to him and IMAGINES finding family. It takes time Mathhew to warm up to her, then its his turn to imagining.. Overall Pauline can be viewed as imagination mirror to all others, she is universal reflection of others (some of what we see is reminiscent of Woody Allen characters) Michael Caine is a perfect fit, so are all the actors. This film feels more theatrical than cinematic in set up, but yet could not be set adequately on the stage. Inconsistencies: St Malo is hours!! away from Paris; Michael Caine just does not project like an American, accent or not. A simple fix would have been to make him British who lived a long time in US before moving to Paris; agree with comments about her accent - too "British", for Michael Caine (who is supposed to be an American!) to correct her English;
other observations: Sandwich girls are hilarious - its what every non french speaker in France and especially in Paris feels like about locals talking about them Not a single computer, laptop or iPad in the whole film whoa!! negligible cell phone use also..
SPOILER ALERT:
kissing scene: something weird was going on, how did Matthew end up there and camera angles were confusing
the end -- i actually felt that he did not commit suicide, it felt like some time had passed between him saying he figured it out (dying natural death soon after) and the final scene on the bench between Pauline and Miles.
overall 10 out of 10 cant stop thinking about this
other observations: Sandwich girls are hilarious - its what every non french speaker in France and especially in Paris feels like about locals talking about them Not a single computer, laptop or iPad in the whole film whoa!! negligible cell phone use also..
SPOILER ALERT:
kissing scene: something weird was going on, how did Matthew end up there and camera angles were confusing
the end -- i actually felt that he did not commit suicide, it felt like some time had passed between him saying he figured it out (dying natural death soon after) and the final scene on the bench between Pauline and Miles.
overall 10 out of 10 cant stop thinking about this