Rating: Q=5, P=4 / Average OJ
Scale 1=3, Scale 2=2, Scale 3=2, Scale 4=2
France, Immigration, Subtle, Slow-Paced, Comic, Quirky
I'm not sure what I think of this film. I was intrigued by the artistic qualities and stillness of the story but was less interested in the narrative and characters than I'd hoped to be. Marcel, an aging shoe-shiner, decides to help a young escaped refugee. He does so out of the kindness of his heart and/or perhaps because his wife is ill and he needs distraction. At least, I suppose. We don't really know Marcel. The sleepy port town seems to have loyal and endearing characters -like the ridiculous Little Bob and his wife Mimie- but we don't really get a chance to know them. It is all quite odd but in a good way.
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