English title: Safe Conduct.
A series of episodes in the lives of a screenwriter and an assistant director, during Occupation in France.
An uneven film, to begin with. The first episode almost made me stop watching it, it is so ridiculously ("belle, belle, belle" - get out of here...) overdone. As a rule , the Devaivre parts are better than the Aurenche ones (by the way they are practically two separate films shown as one). A non-negligible amount of scenes is virtually incomprehensible for the non-initiated in the persons and situations being depicted. The director does not believe in subtlety: take the scene where Devaivre is riding his bicycle in the countryside, and a pungent aria is played in the soundtrack to make it clear that the scene is supposed to be lyrical. For those willing to withstand these annoyances, an interesting film.
Rating: 57
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