Anne Marie Philipe - Guy de Maupassant

Description:Yet despite its sumptuous visuals, narrative bravado and strong supporting performances, the film fails to satisfy. The result is a colourful but somewhat messy affair that is more likely to appeal to devotees of lurid art-house porn than literary enthusiasts. Having sat through this two hour plus spectacle of self-conscious artistry drenched in gratuitous flesh-baring and false sentiment, you are left wondering whether the film has said anything meaningful about the life and character of one of France's greatest writers. Yet Guy's hold on life is strong and the year-old writer refuses to accept that he is going mad. The narrative has barely gotten underway before the writer unconvincingly played by an over-made up and miscast Claude Brasseur has started indulging his carnal appetites with a bevy of beauties, including one played by Miou-Miou who seemingly has a chronic aversion to wearing any kind of clothing at least she has the decency to keep her stockings on when she gets boating on the Seine. One-time assistant to Jean-Pierre Melville, Michel Drach was one of the more idiosyncratic and independently minded French film directors of the Nouvelle Vague generation. Film Review The works of the prolific 19th century French writer Guy de Maupassant have provided a rich vein for cinema.

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