France Matthieu Amalric
This was written by Marjane Satrapi as a follow-up to her renowned debut Persepolis. The story is set in 1950's Teheran and involves a musician who has lost his love for playing music and decides to will himself to die, even though he is (un)happily married with two small children.
Pretty dumb premise isn't helped by the quasi-farcical tone the filmmaker uses. Exaggerated behavior distances the audience from the emotional possibilities of the scenario...who can give a shit about a guy who behaves like a cartoonish buffoon? And if you don't care...then why watch?
It might have worked as a comedy but as presented it wasn't funny. At all. Shame...the cinematography, art direction, lighting and camera work were all world class. Watta waste.
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