Wednesday, July 31, 2019

La Belle Epoque - Film Festival 2019

I almost didn't make it to this one as a stormy southerly was blowing in this morning, and it would have been nice to stay home on the couch.  I am glad that I made it into town to the crowded cinema at 10.30am.

Viktor is struggling with life, and his relationship with his wife is strained, with her having an affair and just being sick and tired of him being around.  One of his sons friends has a company that allows you to spend time in a time period of your choosing, so you can be Marie Antoinette or live during the war.  Viktor chooses to go back to 1974 to the cafe where he met his wife Marianne. 

I think that the whole audience were charmed by this one, it was smart, funny and thoughtful and as we watched Viktor fall in love with Marianne and his life again, we all fell a bit in love with this movie.  5/5

1 comment:

John Bellen said...

A very interesting concept. I can understand why the protagonist chose the 1970s as his destination, but they would not be MY first choice!