Happy Travels
February 4th 2007 07:13
This was the best movie I saw in 2004. Being that I only saw about ten movies that year, it isn't saying much. But it definitely proves that the French can topple the Americana Hollywood flick whenever they want, in my view.
'Bon Voyage' is set in France, smack bang in the middle of WW2. Gerard Depardieu has a leading role as a French minister (hint) and has an actress/diva girlfriend to boot. But with the German invasion and the chaos it threw the Parisians into, he doesn't have much time for Viviene.
Viviene turns to Frederic, a childhood chum. A sex-crazed follower of Viviene's leads to Frederic becoming an outlaw of sorts, in prison at the time of the invasion. Upon evacuation, he is partnered up with a real outlaw - and with their escape, they become the heros of the story.
Frederic's love-life becomes multi-dimensional when he meets a cute young research assistant on the train to Bordeaux, where the Parisians are escaping to. With German spies and French police around, plenty of drama ensues.
The research assistant's boss happens to have a secret which cannot be known to the Germans, so Frederic and his outlaw friend set out to help them on their way to England. They're really quite good chaps, when it comes down to it. Loyal, witty and in the midst of the action, together they'd make a worthy good luck charm for jailbirds the world over.
Viviene ends up losing out of the love triangle, but her fame remains. The confusion she is in remains constant throughout. The movie reaches its dramatic climax with some well - executed fights and shoot-outs. But the visual climax would have to be the confusion of the well - to - do as they rummage around fancy hotels, seemingly ending up sleeping in the lounge area.
The script has an exciting centre wiith alot going on around it, mimicking what it would have been like for the French - and its allies - at this time. It was the formula for the success for one of the more popoular French films this decade.
4 out of 5. Even without Monica Bellucci or Audrie Tatou.
'Bon Voyage' is set in France, smack bang in the middle of WW2. Gerard Depardieu has a leading role as a French minister (hint) and has an actress/diva girlfriend to boot. But with the German invasion and the chaos it threw the Parisians into, he doesn't have much time for Viviene.
Viviene turns to Frederic, a childhood chum. A sex-crazed follower of Viviene's leads to Frederic becoming an outlaw of sorts, in prison at the time of the invasion. Upon evacuation, he is partnered up with a real outlaw - and with their escape, they become the heros of the story.
Frederic's love-life becomes multi-dimensional when he meets a cute young research assistant on the train to Bordeaux, where the Parisians are escaping to. With German spies and French police around, plenty of drama ensues.
The research assistant's boss happens to have a secret which cannot be known to the Germans, so Frederic and his outlaw friend set out to help them on their way to England. They're really quite good chaps, when it comes down to it. Loyal, witty and in the midst of the action, together they'd make a worthy good luck charm for jailbirds the world over.
Viviene ends up losing out of the love triangle, but her fame remains. The confusion she is in remains constant throughout. The movie reaches its dramatic climax with some well - executed fights and shoot-outs. But the visual climax would have to be the confusion of the well - to - do as they rummage around fancy hotels, seemingly ending up sleeping in the lounge area.
The script has an exciting centre wiith alot going on around it, mimicking what it would have been like for the French - and its allies - at this time. It was the formula for the success for one of the more popoular French films this decade.
4 out of 5. Even without Monica Bellucci or Audrie Tatou.
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