Lorelei by perfumer Talented writer Jacob Windich, who had been in the careless bliss among, according to newspapers, Scottish swamps, against his will is caught in the whirlwind of intrigue associated with the adaptation of his super-popular novel about the beautiful Laurelae. The main events of the film take place in Rossini, an expensive Munich restaurant named after its owner, Italian Paolo Rossini.
The second title of the tape: “The eternal question: Who slept with whom? – implies the presence of a complex and complicated relationship between the characters. Who is the recognized source of all problems in the world? Of course, woman! And indeed, in the film there are a number of bright and grotesque female images: a mad journalist Charlotte, high between two fans of Valerie, the mistress of the gardener Fanny, a savvy Serafina, dreaming of the main roles of Snow White ... But in no heroine, no matter how much you look, you see neither selflessness, nor loyalty, nor even simple monogamy. Except in red-haired Vatusnik, but she, alas, is completely indifferent to men.
As you know, the script for the tape was written by none other than Patrick “Perfumer” Suskind. Much was said about the fact that the film largely parodied his own showdowns with producers-"screenwriters", that Patrick in any case did not want to make a movie, even called specific names of the prototypes. I guess that's all right. But I thought first of all not about the vicissitudes of the staged process, but about the artist’s relationship with the “weaker sex”. And after "Rossini" now the "Perfumer" played for me, so to speak, new subtexts. After all, how must all these charmers have finished the peasant in their time, that in his immortal novel he depicts women mainly as raw materials for creating a perfect fragrance?! Not sorcerers, not muses, not witches, not vampires after all! The components. Nothing more. Yes, I've had enough, boy...
It is possible to draw certain analogies with the unsurpassed Greenaway "Chef, Thief ...", but, perhaps, there are more differences than similarities. Firstly, the picture is not so stylish (this goal was not set), secondly, there is no pronounced villain, and thirdly, there are much more storylines. And most importantly, that film is, relatively speaking, “anti-male”, and this one is not. I'm repeating myself.
Is it worth watching? I think so. Personally, I enjoyed the acting (it is difficult even to single out someone), and from the intricacies of the plot, and from brilliant satirical dialogues. Love and hunger rule the world! You can't write anything.