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Bookmark this pageFélix et Lola (2000)
Director: Patrice Leconte
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From Time Out Film Guide
Round and round go the randomly colliding dodgems, as waif with a past Gainsbourg haunts a fairground, dogged by Nemesis figure Bashung and watched over by lovelorn Torreton, the evidently disaster-bound hero. The unpredictable Leconte here harks back to Prévert-style poetic realism, with these tales of happiness frustrated, malaise-stricken lovers and a penchant for corny metaphors. Or so it seems - until he pulls a post-modern switcheroo which will delight some and irritate others. But if the nature of the movie is subject to variation, a superlatively played final scene reassures us that we are watching a love story after all. It would be diverting to see how the highly sympathetic Gainsbourg-Torreton combo fared with more mainstream material.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: Patrice Leconte
Producer: Philippe Carcasonne
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Philippe Torreton, Alain Bashung, Philippe Du Janerand, Ahmed Guedalya full cast
Duration: 91 mins
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