2 Paws
Seen recently at Film Streams
I'd been waiting to see this one for months because the trailer promised so much - suspense, glamorous types, all around Frenchiness.
The storyline delivers (spoiler alert) - a jealous husband (Romain Duras as Paul Exben) accidentally kills his wife's lover and disposes of the body, then fakes his own death and assumes the identity of the dead lover, who happens to be a photographer - his passion.
The pace, unfortunately, does not, and neither does the ending. The best things about the film are Romain's expressive face and his wild mane of hair, which gets more and more out of control as his circumstances grow more desperate. My notes to the director - if you're going to cast the fabulous Catherine Deneuve in your movie, give her a part that's worth her time.
The moral of the story, which I think has some merit - if you're not happy at work, you're screwed.
Bonus Bones: 3
I counted three, and one of them ends up as the subject of one of Exben's photos.
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