A very good, vital and touching film by Remi Besanson "The First Day of the Rest of Life", 2008. Five novels from the life of the Duval family, consisting of a mother with a father and three children. Each novel is dedicated to a family member at different stages of their lives, and everything is connected into a single narrative, during which their relationship undergoes different changes, and we follow them with human participation and understanding, which sometimes we ourselves lack in relationships with our loved ones. Great actors, good production.
Kirill:
The film tells the story of a large French family consisting of five people: a father, mother, two sons and a daughter, namely the film tells the story of five decisive and fateful days in the fate of each member of this family.
It would seem that a huge number of films have been shot on the topic of family values and relations within the family and it is simply impossible to surprise and interest this topic, but this film refutes this, since the main thing here is in the original approach and presentation of material, namely, the director gradually introduces us to each family member, carefully drawing their portraits for decades in the context of five special days, thereby drawing the image of the whole family.
The film turned out to be very soulful and vital, touching and dramatic, stylish and real, full of witty and ironic details, with excellent humor and French charm and looks very easy.
Also worth noting is the musical component of the film, consisting mainly of retro songs and rock classics 60-80, conveying the appropriate atmosphere and the cast, perfectly inscribed, where each is in its place, consisting of a fusion of experience and youth: Jacques Gamblin, Marc-Henre Grondin and Deborah François.