Noce Blanche (White Wedding)

oddbodd · Noce Blanche (White Wedding)

Foreign films, particularly those of the Gallic nature, are often quite different to the Hollywood style to which we're accustomed. The story will begin at one point in a person's life, and simply continue until a story worth telling has been told. Backstory, or Echoes Down The Corridor are felt unncessary. This film is no exception.

The point at which this film chooses to begin is the arrival into Bruno Cremer's Philosophy class one day of Vanessa Paradis. Paradis arrives late and is subsequently scolded by Cremer, who later finds her a little worse for wear and takes her home to recouperate. It's not long before he begins to fall for her and begins an affair. The results are predictable - Not quite Fatal Attraction, but not quite A Fish Called Wanda either.

The film seems to be trying to make a point about the nature of love, or at the very least, lust. Cremer appears to be an expert in psychological philosophy, and while one would imagine that a man with such a background might realise the effect a young woman's attentions will have on him, his intelligence becomes clouded by that one organ that causes so many men to make rash decisions. However, Paradis' character is similarly naïve in emotions. She makes herself out to be worldly wise - and is, up to a point - but certainly not in the ways of love, displaying the very same emotional distructiveness of a certain Juliet Capulet.

While not the best film produced in France, certainly not the worst. Enjoyable enough. And let's just say that fans of Vanessa Paradis' more aesthetic charms will not be disappointed.

Rating out of 5: Wink

Wolf

I highly recommend this Vanessa Paradis film oddbodd.

The Girl on the Bridge / Fille sur le pont, La

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http://z.about.com/d/worldfilm/1/0/Z/9/girlonbridge.jpg

Carl B Harrison

I want to see both of those movies, the BW pics look interesting Twisted Evil