Saturday, November 26, 2011

La face cachée de la lune (2003)

English title: The Far Side of the Moon

The story of a man who is stuck professionally and emotionally. He has just lost his mother and his doctorate thesis has just been refused for the second time. His brother is a totally different guy and criticizes his lack of objectivity towards life.

The use of the lunar motif is not always meaningful. This story of a typical "loser" oscillates between predictable - he obviously is the sort who behaves inappropriately in bars and forgets to set his watch in a different country - and random - his brother gets stuck in an elevator. Well, no harm done, it is always nice to watch a little obscure movie now and then (I guess it is like watching the hidden face of the moon), and this one - as has been pointed out elsewhere - is meticulously well made.

Rating: 49

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