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Saturday, March 22, 2014
French Film "Just a Sigh" My Oh My!
JUST a SIGH is a French film whose genre encompasses romance/drama & intrigue which is tres French. The film follows Alix (Emmanuelle Devos,) a flailing actress following Doug (Gabriel Byrne.) The 2 make sensuous eye contact while travelling by train. The cat & mouse rendezvous is pursued by Alix who stalks Doug to a church funeral & then to his hotel room. When Doug finally asks "why did you follow me," she says "I didn't follow you, I found you." {Strangers on the train, exchanging glances - wondering what were the chances, they'd be making love, before the day was through} The mystery was not whether there was going to be a sexual liaison but in discovering this history of these 2 people and what drew them together. The drama is awash in French family melodrama & Alix's struggles as an actress to find work & her most recent lover. French Dir. Jerome Bonnell has won numerous Int'l awards for his filmmaking. "Just a Sign" was nominated at the Tribeca Film Festival ('13.) Irish actor Byrne, has been nominated for a Tony & garnered Golden Globe & Emmy awards for his role on the TV series "In Treatment." Byrne brings smoldering sexuality to his character. This romantic, drama filled with mystique will find a niche with women of a mature age and Francophiles. The film lingers over scenes sans dialogue & allows the eyes to do the talking. Perhaps, Americans who aspire for the sophisticated French palate & je ne sais quo, this movie will speak to them. But, as Americans, "We will always have Paris," and "a kiss is but a kiss." And, JUST a SIGH is "a little too much in love with life," which ain't a bad thing.
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