Second viewing.
English Title: Beauties of the Night.
A poor musician is the butt of his fellow villagers' jokes, and takes refuge in dreams.
An interesting film which makes the point that nostalgia is based on an illusion, namely that previous eras were better than the present one. The general theme is the opposition of ideal versus real. A recurring motif used to illustrate its theme is noise versus music. It has been compared to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, with which it has intersecting points; other aspects bring it close to A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Frequently yielding to farce pure and simple, its philosophical agenda never goes past a superficial analysis. Taken on its own terms, there is much to be enjoyed.
Rating: 66 (down from 74)
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