Unreal. The film is about a restless soul looking for its roots, shot, obviously, with some super-important purpose, for which the director scored on many details, large and small inconsistencies.
What's the target? A friend of mine rightly suggested that this film was made for propaganda purposes against the backdrop of the Muslim and migrant crisis in France. Tasks: 1. To unite society spiritually by showing how migrants try to embrace culture and become part of the country they come to, aspire to be French, more than anyone else. Not all migrants from Arab countries are Muslims, but also atheists. 2. To show migrants from Algeria how well their homes are, how dear their roots are, and to convince them to return home:
What's embarrassing? Logical errors. At the beginning of the film, the main character has children. And not just kids, but three school-age kids. Where do they go? And where does she take them when, inspired, she goes to Algeria?
Who is the main character? Where does she work, where does she get the money? Throughout the film, she is walking, talking or sitting in a chair by the window. It is beautiful and conceptual, but implausible.
Who's in the Louis Garrel movie? Some ' genderless' accompanying. Who's the main character? Lover, friend, relative? He is always there, helps, even chooses a coffin with his family, but who he is, where he came from and what he lives is unclear.
A lot of the scenes look sluggish. You can see that they were shot just for the sake of a good shot and light. Sitting opposite the window, the heroine squints in the sun, hitting her in the eyes, but continues to sit. Just because a streak of light and shadow falls beautifully on her face. This is appropriate in the photograph, but inappropriate in the film: a living person would not rest in such an uncomfortable position.
Sisters clinging to each other and kissing each other on the back, on the shoulders, in the face. No comment here. Their relationship is pretentiously distant, then pretentiously close, and again just for the sake of a beautiful shot - falling on the skin of the morning sunlight.
You can watch the movie, but you don’t want to watch it. He's annoying with his superficial attitude to characters and detail and downright boring.