This is an incredibly original piece of cinema. It mixes philosophical tale with a bank heist which really is not the centre part of this movie. The centre part of this movie is a reflection on modern living and the insanity of the race to do things faster the pointlessness of the modern lifestyle, or something akin
The slow deliberate rhythm of this film seems to be a stumbling block for many personally I wish it carried on for a couple more hours ; it leaves us at the end with a lot of unfinished business a lot of untied loose ends
And maybe that is exactly what is needed but it could've gone so many other ways
The director and the scriptwriter (one and the same) made some choices here and they will please some and leave others guessing
It can take a while to see that something is happening that is worth watching if you stick at it you will be rewarded with a very unusual tale .... touch of Rohmer (the highest accolade possible) touch of Antonioni (also the highest accolade possible) 🙂🙃😉
A movie for thinkers romantics and dreamers ...... others will not like this i would surmise ....
For me a solid nine. Oh yes and this is definitely a comedy not hahaha but subtle and simmering ....
PS and then the penny dropped the face of Esteban Bigliardi kept reminding me of another actor and it was French-Italian Yves Montand ... so an Italian face then.
The slow deliberate rhythm of this film seems to be a stumbling block for many personally I wish it carried on for a couple more hours ; it leaves us at the end with a lot of unfinished business a lot of untied loose ends
And maybe that is exactly what is needed but it could've gone so many other ways
The director and the scriptwriter (one and the same) made some choices here and they will please some and leave others guessing
It can take a while to see that something is happening that is worth watching if you stick at it you will be rewarded with a very unusual tale .... touch of Rohmer (the highest accolade possible) touch of Antonioni (also the highest accolade possible) 🙂🙃😉
A movie for thinkers romantics and dreamers ...... others will not like this i would surmise ....
For me a solid nine. Oh yes and this is definitely a comedy not hahaha but subtle and simmering ....
PS and then the penny dropped the face of Esteban Bigliardi kept reminding me of another actor and it was French-Italian Yves Montand ... so an Italian face then.