It caught the eye of the old film with Jeanne Moreau and Jean-Paul Belmondo “7 Days, 7 Nights, or Moderato Cantabile”, shot in 1960, oddly enough, by Peter Brook, who was quite obviously influenced by the new wave.
A young woman, Anna, the wife of a steel mill owner, languishes with boredom and idleness in a small, choppy town where
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It caught the eye of the old film with Jeanne Moreau and Jean-Paul Belmondo “7 Days, 7 Nights, or Moderato Cantabile”, shot in 1960, oddly enough, by Peter Brook, who was quite obviously influenced by the new wave. A young woman, Anna, the wife of a steel mill owner, languishes with boredom and idleness in a small, choppy town where nothing happens. Her only occupation is raising a son with whom she is friendly and spends most of her time. One day, when she was with her son at a music class, where an elderly music teacher, who was losing patience, tried to explain to him the meaning of the term “moderato cantabile”, in a cafe under the windows of this teacher, a man strangled a woman in front of everyone. This event has shaken both the town and Anna, she has lost peace and peace of mind, she is irresistibly attracted to the crime scene, where she meets a young man Chauvin, who has a clear interest in her. She tries to find out the reasons for what happened, attracting Chauvin, they are attracted to each other, but nothing special happens between them, in the end he makes the only right decision to leave, she makes several weak attempts to carry him away, quite unsuccessfully. Everything ends quite in the spirit of her life - quite calm and nothing. The fact that Peter Brook is a theater director, can be seen in almost every frame, what would look quite acceptable on the stage looks quite artificial on the screen, even Jeanne Moreau, who received a silver award for this role in Cannes, should be credited to Belmondo, he refrained from theatricality. Despite the fact that the black-and-white film was made with such viscous long shots, which were supposed to show us how dull and dull it was, yes, but it did not touch me even visually, nor did it touch the story that was played out. Alas.
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