Man cannot experience the divine unless he is happy.
A very strong drama by Andrzej Zulawski. I am delighted with this film. ' Loyalty' is a free film adaptation ' Princess of Cleves' A novel I haven't read. Let’s start with the drama:
Clelia is actually a very unhappy girl who has never loved anyone. Her mother says that love is not necessary for marriage. (People get married to enjoy themselves.) If a partner does not enjoy marriage, it is an unhappy marriage. Clelia is lonely until she meets Cleve.
Clev is a shy, insecure man who has dissolved in love for Clelia. In fact, he has unrequited love, he loves her, and she does not reciprocate because she does not know this feeling. Clelia, in turn, gives reasons for jealousy to her husband, and this is actually torture (already disharmony in marriage). After announcing the purchase of Cleve's publishing company, Cleve's father faints and dies. Clev asks Clelia never to leave him.
It makes no sense to paint the whole plot of the film, because you need to understand what the drama is and why the film is called “loyalty.” Klev was faithful because he loved his wife unconditionally, but it was unrequited love. The bishop said that man cannot experience the divine unless he is happy. Clelia was unhappy in her marriage.
A young photojournalist, Clelia, who conquered everyone with her extraordinary pictures (representing unfocused spots, more resembling a technical marriage) and courage (the ability to penetrate sports locker rooms and take pictures of naked hockey players without a drop of embarrassment), receives an offer to work for the media mogul MacRoy, who, according to Clelia’s mother, may well be her father. There she meets the elderly editor Klev, who conquers her with his fervor and sincerity, and after a short time she marries him. But MacRua hires a young paparazzi Nemo to his team, in whom Clelia falls in love with, but cannot change her husband out of a sense of respect and her extremely confusing ideas about relationships.
The last film of the creative union of Sophie Marceau and her then husband Andrzej Zulawski, after the release of which their marriage broke up. A beautiful point in their novel did not turn out - "Loyalty" was typical for the director of a hysterical urban story with passions in tatters, scandals, reflections on sin at every step, without a bunch of corpses, but with a soap plot of the Latin American series, where it is difficult to guess the motives of "Princess of Cleves" Marie Madeleine de Lafayette (references to her director has already gone to demonstrate in the final). The plot is indistinct, terribly pretentious, but empty and boring, timekeeping is stretched to indecency, an abundance of inadequate actions, dialogues, tantrums and screams just overwhelm the screen, because of which by the middle of the film you generally miss the thought of what, in fact, we are talking about. Sophie Marceau is still very beautiful and fresh, but she plays unevenly: in restrained scenes she is good and dramatic silent, in emotional episodes she is playful and unconvincing, once again emphasizing the general falsity and artificiality of the action. What deserves praise is the technical side - the really beautiful music of Andrzej Kojinski and the lively, creative movement of Patrick Blossier's camera.
5 out of 10
He's not very happy, and she's not quite his. Sometimes life throws us from extreme to extreme. And now the once immensely in love man, who believed in illusion, finds himself at the very bottom of the mental state of his own feelings. He is both a prisoner and a victim at the same time because of the absence of a mutual love in his life, one that he invented and idealized for himself. No, there is a middle ground, only it is boring and bland. It also resembles a marriage of convenience that did not take place. Instead, a unit of society was formed – a mixture of mirage and principles. Quite a worthy combination - the husband is unnecessarily clumsy, treacherously straightforward and in love with his wife without memory, and the wife is an image of correct behavior, a puppet of the strict principles of the mother and a superior mother by overcoming the temptations of a real sense of love. Who needs that kind of loyalty? A sufferer who realizes he's not wanted? To a young woman who is about to know that love exists? Or a young man who was honored to become a “third superfluous”?
To remain her husband, he was her lover. She made up her mind. Feelings shouldn't go away. What the hell is love when someone is told yes in front of the altar? Having driven yourself into the framework of physical satisfaction, you can forget about the soul. There are only principles, rigid limits of what is allowed, completely rejecting the similarity of views in the art of two professional photographers, and the fact that they are drawn to each other. It does not matter that every day you wake up next to a slave man in your own shackles, to whom you hurt every minute by your mere presence. You run away from the truth, which is very close, at arm's length, it is only necessary to reach. Happiness is very close, in these eyes the color of whiskey realist photographer, hastily freed from the obligation to belong to the woman unloved. It turns out that for one life, for another - death. Escape from the future is the only sure way for good. Only from love wounded souls sometimes die, escaped, but never found rest. They find peace.
This film is not the propaganda of someone’s ideas and everyday wisdom, but the picture is a balance between external and internal equilibrium, in which restrictions and choices are inevitable. A movie in which only the one whose principles must be unshakable violates these very prohibitions is a priest. And the director himself, as the author, draws his conclusion by such a comparison. The hard truth of life is that everyone has their own. For some, feelings are important, and for others, pride and honor are the defining link that does not give moral rights.
...What should we do? I have struggled to prove that there is no land, no sea, no love. It's just you and me. What does that mean? What do we do now? . . << /i>
Nemo: First I film and then I fuck, what do you do? Clelia: Same thing, I shoot it, and then. ..
Definitely recommend the film to watch, to once again make sure that a person does not survive long in the dirt, the world of vulgarity, betrayal, double standards.
The main character Clelia flawless Sophie Marceau, tormented by the fact that she digs into other people's underwear and takes pictures for a magazine with a bad reputation, with the aim of scandal, exposure, leads a lifestyle that corresponds to what she does. The brilliant director showed through promiscuous sexual relations with the first encounters of the reckless heroine Clelia that she has problems with the soul and tries to do with her body, the same thing that allows others to do with their art, their photos recognized as professional.
What does it mean to be faithful?
Clelia marries an unfamiliar newspaper editor, Cleve, who was to marry the daughter of Clelia's boss. Their acquaintance began with sex, which was normal for the heroine. Kleev loved Clelia and touched her with her spontaneity, sincerity, she saw in it another world, not so dirty in which she lived and worked. She understood that she needed to stop, after the offer to marry Cleve, Clelia, without hesitation agrees, it was a lifeline for her.
The director constantly reminds us that Clelia is rushing and looking for salvation, she can not escape from the daily life of photography, destroying someone’s career and life. The relationship between the spouses reaches the heat of passions and the reason for this is a young and daring paparazzi Nemo, who fell in love with Clelia desperately and irrevocably. But Clelia, despite the mutual passionate feelings for Nemo, which take her by the gut and soul, invented herself to save herself - Loyalty to a husband whom she never loved. Throughout the film, she struggles with feelings for Nemo and vows to her husband that she will be faithful and will not abandon him. Apart from the burning glances and touching conversations between her and Nemo, there is nothing, although Nemo insists on intimacy, Clelia drives him away from herself. Not the last role was played by Clelia’s mother, who asks her before she dies to step away from the abyss into which she herself did not fall once in her youth and who tells her that love is not necessary in life.
The film makes it clear that fidelity is about maintaining physical fidelity to your husband or fidelity is about following your heart. After all, it is not for nothing that the brother of Cleve Bishop was excommunicated from the church for going to a married woman with children. He tells us that love is the knowledge of God. Against the background of such events, Clelia nevertheless chooses loyalty to her husband, but she is not true to herself, because she loves Nemo. The end of the film is extraordinary, you need to examine and draw conclusions. I will conclude with the following words: Loyalty is service to Truth. And if Clelia's feelings are true only to you after watching the film.
I watched Zhulavsky’s film Loyalty (2000). Sophie Marceau, then the wife of the director, in the lead role. The plot is based on the 17th century novel by Marie de Lafayette “Princess of Cleves”. This film is an attempt by the director to put the problems of the 17th century in the 21st. A predetermined scenario. The heroine, turbulent between her husband (good, kind, respected) and the crazy young paparazzi. 3 hours is almost the length of the film, 3 hours the heroine Sophie Marceau can not make a choice. Yellow press, photographers, mafia, even shooters with special effects.
Unfortunately, it turned out to be a weak, drawn-out and some far-fetched film, in my opinion. You can even choose such an image - this is "The main thing is to love", shot without inspiration. No insights, no feelings. Like love, groaning and riding the heroine on the Paris pavement, like music, almost introducing the viewer into the screen, rays of light in the realm of lies and debauchery. But somehow everything is tense, banal and endless. And the end of the explosions is all buffoonery. .
But it's not a problem that this film is not good. You can't write moon sonatas. Still, "loyalty" makes you think. If not about a love triangle, then at least about what the 60-year-old classic lived and wanted to express.
Zulavsky seems to be making the same movie. The fact that it appears from somewhere, tears up all sectarian-sanctimonious attitudes (what is a family then?!), then disappears. It is the artist’s futile striving for an ideal, to comprehend the elusive euphoric feeling that gives the illusion that we are eternal. .
Andrzej Zulawski is a great director who tries to show us what we have inside us, crying out of powerlessness to change something. Thank him for that. RIP.
The position of the husband gave him great rights, but gave him no more place in the heart of his wife.
Before reviewing Loyalty, I have to make one confession: Marie Madeleine de Lafayette’s novel The Princess of Cleves didn’t impress me. This book is well written, but it didn’t bother me. Maybe I'm just an uneducated and/or heartless beast. However, being a fan of Andrzej Zulawski’s films, I couldn’t miss it until the last one.
“Loyalty” is a free film adaptation of “Princess of Cleves”; all the main storylines were translated into the language of cinema with one small “but” – from France of the XVI century, the action was moved to the end of the XX century.
When mentioning the surname of Andrzej Zulawski, the viewer will certainly have an analogy with “Obsessive”. Any person who is more or less familiar with cinema will be perplexed after watching this film - Mr. Zulawski shot a very calm and restrained picture. In the course of the film, sometimes there are flashes of corporate expressiveness of this director, but they are limited in time and volume.
The main motive of this film, as well as the novel-source, is the confrontation between love and social convention. Clelia is torn between a sincere feeling for Nemo and an “ordinary” marriage with Cleve. The heroine cannot force herself to say “you” and reciprocate her husband’s sincere love, but she is grateful to him for his sensitivity, kindness and care for her mother.
Despite the fact that the novel “Princess of Cleves” did not impress me, but the dilemma revealed on its pages, and transferred by Zhulavsky to the language of cinema, still does not lose its relevance. To this day, many couples stick together only out of a sense of duty and other social motives.
The director, along with the free adaptation of Princess of Cleves, introduced the theme of the confrontation between art and the vulgar world of mass media into the film. In this context, Clelia’s craft – the photographer – looks symbolic – is a profession located “at the junction” between art and vulgarity. In these themes, as well as in many other ways, Loyalty echoes Andrzej Zulawski’s French debut, The Most Important Thing is to Love. I recommend watching “Loyalty” paired with “The main thing is to love.”
Together with the above two themes, Andrzej Zulawski, not quite successfully, introduced an additional storyline into the film about the exposure of the trade in human organs and the hunt of bandits for the author of the exposing materials Nemo. However, in these scenes there is a signature expressiveness of Zhulavsky and they do not spoil the overall impression of the film.
Before watching Andrzej Zulawski's films, I didn't think very highly of Sophie Marceau's acting abilities. This changed after getting acquainted with the work of this Polish director – Sophie Marceau is a good actress, who, unfortunately, very rarely fulfilled her potential. In this picture, she portrayed the modern Princess of Cleves, a woman torn between duty and true feelings. Unfortunately, this film contained the last "high-octane" role in the career of Sophie Marceau. Nevertheless, we hope that she will please us with strong acting work.
Summing up, I want to say that Andrzej Zulawski shot an atypical for himself, but very sincere picture that can elicit a response from any connoisseur of good cinema. After watching “Loyalty” it remains only with even greater impatient waiting for the release of the new film of Mr. Zhulavsky.
What is loyalty? Does this word have anything to do with the word “believe”? I think it’s connected and I’ll try to show it.
What kind of loyalty is that? Loyalty to your husband? Loyalty to your favorite business, or rather to what you live for?
The film features a beautiful girl, with an unusually beautiful body, and a beautiful inner world, as well as a look at the surrounding space. Zhulawski, as always, very juicy and well managed to convey the character of the characters, their feelings and the fullness of experiences. This girl is a photographer, and meeting a reliable and good man, she decides to marry him. Still, the age is solid, and my mother advises, and my mother is beloved, especially. And so, she got married, but at this point she is bursting with feelings for another person, and as we see throughout the film, these feelings remain only feelings of the soul, inner experiences, and do not go beyond the limits of the forbidden. However, here’s what happens: Clelia tells her husband right away what’s bothering her, she asks her to support her, be with her, love her and just be there for her. However, he understands everything differently, he is eaten by a huge love and at the same time some male self-love, that as it is, she doubted. Selfishness begins to play in him, and he stops believing in his wife immediately. Why she's confused. Clelia, on the other hand, is extremely steadfast in the promises she made and the vows she made. She believes her husband, she may not love him, but she keeps him a deep sense of respect (up to a certain point), a sense of tenderness, any beautiful feeling, but not a sense of love. She believes and she's true. But cool, he does not believe her, he resists and cannot believe, because he knows that everything around him is vicious, and in everything he sees vice. If he doesn't believe her, does he come out and be unfaithful? Maybe he really loves her, but his vanity has surpassed this love, blocked, blinded, and he can’t stand it, he can’t take the right step towards his wife, and he goes the other way, thereby marking the end of himself, Clelia, and her “favorite”. Nemo.
And what if the second, if fidelity to photos, loyalty to your lifestyle and yourself? It's easier, it's much easier. To photograph what seems beautiful, interesting, something that fits your principles. Why didn't she photograph the place Nemo took her to? It was dirty. Dirt is photographed by other people, the so-called “hyenas”. In accordance with all the drama that develops before our eyes, Clelia ends her life in complete harmony with what is in her soul, with what she is tied to like a red thread. This is true to your beliefs, your loved one, not to say a hobby, but a way of life. Loyalty to your eyes and loyalty to your eyes. This loyalty and this faith is lost, especially in the pursuit of money or success, Nemo is a classic example. He is a wonderful and interesting photographer, but his work has made him a fighter who is forever at war. He saw so much filth and dirt in life that it became a part, an integral and the most important part of his life.
We see how people show their true qualities before their eyes, what they really aspire to and what awaited them in the end.
The amazing volume of the characters, the quality of the material shown, which is a film, is at the level of “almost a masterpiece”. You can see that the closer Andrzej is to old age, the more sentimental he becomes. His films acquire the shade and taste of laid-back longing, tenderness and aroma of chamomile and freshly cut grass. Compared to his first and subsequent works, it is a complete contrast, and you can not say that all this was shot by one director. The atmosphere of this film is very reminiscent of what you feel when watching “My nights are more beautiful than your days.”
After the movie “Loyalty” there is something sweet and bitter on the soul, something cringes and immediately warms it. An interesting feeling that arises only when watching the films of this Ukrainian genius with a Polish name and a French destiny.
A mystery film, it asks questions rather than answers. There is a lot of ambiguity, transparency, blur, so that the viewer can decide what to pay attention to, what to leave behind the scenes.
Nothing can escape the photographer’s lens. Everything secret becomes clear, but the photograph can retain its appearance, the soul remains in the shadows.
The biggest question I had while watching was, does that fidelity exist in the film as well as in life? Clelia plays with her loyalty, believes in her, but can she be considered true? If the lack of physical intimacy with another man is already loyalty, then undoubtedly, yes. What if loyalty is a state of mind?
Film ' Loyalty' about different facets of relationships, about many life positions. Love, loyalty, jealousy. This is more of a movie in case you have free time and the mood to reflect.
It’s a good movie, but in many respects it’s a great cast. Contrary to the many shouts about Sophie Marceau (which is obviously hard to disagree with), I would still note, first of all, the performance of Pascal Greggori - his role was perhaps the most difficult in this film. Personally, the character caused pity and disgust, but at the same time - a kind of paradoxical compassion. Maybe male solidarity is banal. I don't know. So a person without a rod, therefore, to love the heroine is not ready once, mixing and her torment, and their, in general, quite bright feelings with all this surrounding shit. On the contrary, it seems to me, it is moving in the opposite direction – from the “gavrosh” to the world of spirituality and at least some morality. The heroine is somewhere in the middle and stuck there. Hence the constant torment: either base deeds, or repentance to her husband or herself.
Overall, the film shows just how difficult it is to swim against the tide. Perhaps it is, of course, but at the end of the day - you still can not collect bones. Here's the heroine - and broke his life, and the rest.
I'll say it again, it's a kind of dignity. The film leaves no chance of salvation. There is no loyalty or spirituality, only self-sacrifice and self-flagellation. And the purpose of such deprivations and remained a mystery ...
8 out of 10
After watching this film, I honestly did not sleep the night and still in the morning I was thinking about it. A stunning director created a touching sensitive film about throwing a poor girl. Life is so unfair, so many temptations, so much passion, maybe it’s love... I was imbued with this film and experienced everything myself. Playing actors is not just on top, but fantastic. It's so sensual to convey the look of the hand movement, it's something. Sophie Marceau herself is an amazing actress, so play.
Here you should not judge any of the characters, here you should understand, try to understand, and if it did not work out the first time, you need to reconsider. It is a pity that now there are few such films, disposable films, this is from another rank, especially I recommend girls, temperamental, but at the same time brought up in accordance with the moral code.
The heroine of the film is different from all the fact that she suffers, but decided for herself that she chooses Loyalty, the price is high when the person with whom you live does not love you. And after his death, she remains alone to remain true to herself and her principles.
I fell in love with this movie and its characters.
“Your album is so beautiful, so strict. It's about Clelia, and Clelia's album is about you. They have the same handwriting. It's like one heart beating in them.
The movie is very strong. Clinging. I watched in one breath, despite its duration of 2 hours and 40 minutes.
And most importantly, what struck – the moral principles of the heroine Clelia, her beliefs out of respect for her husband, for the life of her mother, who also lived according to the code of honor, letting go of the love of her life. It makes you think. I think I'm not old enough to understand Clelia's actions. Can this be called high morality or simply masochism? But I can understand that she wanted to leave the world of dirt, vulgarity, viciousness, in which she lived and worked. The person she fell in love with was her opposite. He made money out of the mud and made no secret of it, although his talent was worthy of more than just sensational scandals. And she wanted spirituality, purity, nobility. How few such people are in the modern world!
Guillaume Canet as always sincerely throws himself into the image. His roles are always liked and somehow dramatic.
Sophia Marceau is unimaginably beautiful. Plays great. Looking at her is a pleasure. In every sense.
Love is beautiful here. It's made up of little things. Since the characters are not given a single kiss and no physical contact, except for a handshake, each tries to make up for each other. I enjoyed moments like Kane's character greedily inhaling the smell from Clelia's towel or when he asked for gum from her mouth to imagine what it was like to kiss her. He was obsessed with her. So does she. She entered his house to be in the atmosphere where he lived, worked, breathed. And they looked at each other ... so ... piercingly ... An amazing connection between the characters, played on the highest score.
I really liked the music in the movie. It perfectly reflected the inner world of the unhappy woman in love.
I didn’t regret watching this movie. He is so elegant in French, so not vulgar (although he has a lot of nudity), so piercing in his history... Deep.
Loyalty is a worthy and strong drama directed by Andrzej Zulawski, in which the French actress Sophie Marceau shines with her acting, dramatic talent, and we see a touching and sensual story of love and loyalty, which was so refined and tastefully shown to us. The film turned out to be interesting and original, and its atmosphere is purely European: cold, but alluring.
We see a woman photographer who married one kind and positive person, and then she meets her love, but she is married and loyal to her husband, so events unfold dramatically and unexpectedly and we see the price of loyalty.
I really liked the film, although at first I thought it would not make such a strong impression on me. It mellowly immerses in its history and atmosphere and you can not come off and want to look further. In this drama, there are many love scenes of an erotic nature, which gives it refinement and charm. The heart and soul of this European work is without doubt the charming Sophie Marceau. She is a beautiful and sexy woman and an incredibly talented actress. Each of his roles will make bright and spectacular. In this drama, as always, she plays subtle and touching. The role of her character is complex and controversial, but Marceau gave 100%, and we see that she is perfect for this role. Pascal Gregory is an actor with an unusual appearance and a certain charm. They are an interesting, positive actor who always plays strange and unconventional roles. I liked him in this movie, and his character was the most pityful. Actor Guillaume Canet plays different roles, both positive and negative, so he will always be a good and strong actor for me. In this film, he played believably, and their relationship with the main character was touching and very unusual.
This film reveals the price of loyalty, responsibilities, and longevity of people who have engaged the knot. We see their doubts and moments of happiness. The director of this film interestingly and unusually showed different situations and moments, and therefore the film turned out to be such a beautiful European creation. “Loyalty” is a drama that balances love and passion, vice and desire, loyalty and temptation and many compromising themes, which makes this movie so candid, refined, dramatic, and most importantly interesting.
9 out of 10
There are moments of life when you want to live and feel like you are living. They are familiar to everyone: whether it is the contemplation of the beauties of nature - sunrises and sunsets, dew on the grass, mountains and the sea, or the joy and pride of a deed performed with honor, or from meeting a loved one, or the birth of a child, or, or, these seconds are many, they are individual for everyone, they are common to all. And there are moments when the soul becomes sad and disgusting, remember that life is full of dirt, betrayal, that people like to humiliate the weak, that kill children. The film put me in my second state since the summer. A beautiful, seemingly prosperous woman goes and has sex with the first person she meets 15 minutes after meeting: “I was awkward.” At the same time, no emotion on the face seemed to blow out, nothing more. No regrets, no doubts, nothing at all. You remember the absolute vitality of the situation and what you would like to forget forever. It is very difficult to reanimate my faith in women after watching this moment. That's the whole thing. In particular, the question of some alleged loyalty to her husband after marriage is raised. Exalted fidelity is obtained. From my point of view, there can be no question of Loyalty for a man who does not have Morality in the first place. And so the plot is meaningless. What do you think? For me, it's a nasty-prescient kinzo.
P.S. Worst of all, young girls after watching will extol the heroine of Marceau and admire, try on themselves. As it was after the release of “Intergirl”. The alien psychology of the French. They're gay, like we have a Hero of Labor. Personally, I don’t want us to be like them.
I decided to write a review for this film because it is the first time I have this: I find all the characters with a phase shift, I do not understand anyone, more questions than answers, and I liked the film. As in the actions of the characters I do not see any logic, and outside of all logic, without stopping, I watched a film where every scene seemed strange to me.
I would write everything down to the boundless love for Guillaume Cana and no less to Sophie Marceau, but no – everyone has films that, as they say, did not go and were abandoned in the process of viewing.
I wonder, what if the role of the husband was not Pascal Gregory? Could the story have been more convincing for me? Probably. Just in my opinion, he may be a talented actor, but one of the most unattractive people in the world... and not just ugly, but repulsive, without a hint of charm or charm. Imho, of course. Why does Sophie Marceau go with him knowing a few minutes? What is the meaning of the Qur’an, and what is it? Is he showing himself to be a good person? Where? When he humiliates his bride in public? In that scene, he disgusted me. Cleve’s painful passion for Clelia is difficult to call a virtue, and I did not notice the others. Who would tell me why she married this man? What's keeping her with him? Loyalty? At least it's something strange. Telling your husband how much you crave someone else is painful, but you, dear, don't worry, I won't leave you. I don't know about loyalty, but it smells like sadism. However, the husband is willing to listen, so maybe they are really a good couple.
It was the first time you called me “you.”
- This is the first time I don't respect you.
By the way, I was more interested in whether the grief-husband noticed that his wife called him “you” even in bed, but not, but “you” bothered him.
Yeah, can anyone explain to me why Clev suddenly started sleeping with the boys? What did I miss? I tried to find some logic, but I didn’t find it here either.
But, yes, there was a “but” in the movie! What an amazingly beautiful couple Guillaume - Sophie! Young, sexy, talented! I mean, the actors are talented because I didn't understand the genius of their pictures until the end of the film. For the sake of such an acting tandem, perhaps, a lot can be forgiven for the film.
Who would tell me why she didn’t go to him? My husband, and Nemo, too. In general, Clelia reminded me of Alexandra from Fanfan's "Fragrance of Love," a film where Marceau's character was taunted with his cockroaches by Vincent Perez's character. We will consider it revenge.
So, why can't she leave her husband and go to her beloved? To this, Clelia replies, “I just said yes to the other person, and again begins to hallucinate.” I remember my mother telling her, but... No, to be honest, would combine two films and a couple of Clelia - Alexander would be just perfect, cockroaches would be friends at home.
Purely aesthetically, I was injured by the film - too diligently the director and the cameraman savored the sexual intimacy of Clevia with her husband, and I involuntarily twisted my face, physically unpleasant to look at the luxurious Sophie in the arms of a repulsive Gregory. However, poor Sophie had already been in the arms of Malkovich in another film, there the injury is so trauma. So wanted to get compensation in the form of Guillaume and Sophie, but, damn it, cheated and left without ice cream. Joking. And seriously, this couple managed to convey the whole range of emotions with one eye, gestures ... more than a repeated nudity with Gregory. This is probably called chemistry between actors, and Guillaume and Sophia have it. In fact, this film gave me a naked body. If the passion of the director for Sophie I can still understand, then a lot of naked Gregory and stacks of men doodled in the camera “slightly” tired.
In general, the sadomasochistic couple Clelia-Cleves for me is beyond understanding, Guillaume is even more or less, but there is a slight feeling of madness. But for some reason, the film was looked at in one breath and left a pleasant impression. I have no idea why or how this is possible. Just emotions. However, isn’t that what French cinema is famous for – to elicit an emotional response easily and naturally?
You can argue for a long time about the advantages and disadvantages of this film. But one thing is certain - it is impossible to break away from him. Nude bodies and naked feelings. Revolving in the labyrinths of life heroine. And two men - one gives her last love and promises the peace of maturity, the other drags her into a world of rebellious youth and unrestrained passion. In each of them, Clelia sees herself. But she got lost somewhere in the middle.
For me, Loyalty is not about choosing a heroine between two men, between loyalty and betrayal. The most interesting thing is to see how her character is revealed. At first, we see a beautiful confident woman. It seems to her that she knows exactly what she wants and boldly takes it, that she manages to be honest with herself and others. But very soon Clelia will have to make sure otherwise. Life is more complex than principles and never meets expectations.
“Loyalty” reflects the path of self-knowledge of the heroine. And the main question is whether she will remain true to herself.
Special mention deserves the work of the main characters. She's perfect. Love and passion are played so vividly and truthfully that they overwhelm the audience. Tested on yourself.