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Faibles amusements

Film200436 min10.0/10 on TMDB

Directed by Jean-Claude Rousseau

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An except of verse by Racine is used as the title of Jean-Claude Rousseau’s last film, in order to make us aware. Aware of what? That it is first of all a matter of construction and art. That it perhaps concerns unhappy love stories. And that, all in all, it consists in exactly and discreetly giving a story and its settings tragic accents, without which they would fade into the unrepresentable blandness of "futile amusement".Read moreLess

An except of verse by Racine is used as the title of Jean-Claude Rousseau’s last film, in order to make us aware. Aware of what? That it is first of all a matter of construction and art. That it perhaps concerns unhappy love stories. And that, all in all, it consists in exactly and discreetly giving a story and its settings tragic accents, without which they would fade into the unrepresentable blandness of "futile amusement".

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An except of verse by Racine is used as the title of Jean-Claude Rousseau’s last film, in order to make us aware. Aware of what? That it is first of all a matter of construction and art. That it perhaps concerns unhappy love stories. And that, all in all, it consists in exactly and discreetly giving a story and its settings tragic accents, without which they would fade into the unrepresentable blandness of "futile amusement".

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