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L'Appartement [1995]
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My favourite all time film
Review date: 2008-02-20 Rating: 10 out of 10
This is quite simply wonderful.
Suspend your disbelief for a couple of hours, transport yourself back a few years to a simpler time before we lived in age of mobile phones, email, blackberries and instant communication, and enjoy.
A must for anyone who enjoys beautiful camera work, audacious plots, Paris and Hitchcock. And watching Cassel and Bellcui slowly falling in love in real life as well as in the film adds to its undeniable style and glamour.
I've probably seen better, worthier films, but this remains my favourite all time movie. It may have its faults (although I've never found any), but it certainly isn't boring.
I have persuaded many people to watch this film, several of whom usually eschew subtitles. At the very least, all of them have enjoyed it and most of them have actually ended up buying it.
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Reviews
Utterly wonderful
Review date: 2007-07-29 Rating: 10 out of 10
L'Appartement is fast, complex, sad, heartbreaking, intelligent, heartwarming, funny and unpredictable. Oh, it's also as sexy as hell.
One of my favourite French movies
Review date: 2007-06-19 Rating: 10 out of 10
Don't be put off by previous reviews that the movie is sleep inducing - the guy probably was tired or bored with life. This is a beautiful, sweeping movie about coincidences in life (a bit like in Sliding Doors) and how they affect people's lives. It's about love, passion, jealousy and set in Paris - beautifully acted by Bellucci and Bohringer (it helps if you speak French so you understand their acting better) with a beautiful haunting soundtrack. Although it's not always easy to follow, it's actually good that some films make you use your brain. For those who haven't got one, just go back to sleep.
Intuiging and satisfying
Review date: 2007-05-23 Rating: 8 out of 10
French film-making that assumes you're watching and thinking not just stuffing popcorn! Involved plot with rapid twists. Your viewpoint changes and you need to be alert to follow, but if you are, this stylish movie carries you on a great roller coaster. Very watchable. Enjoy it.
Sleep inducing
Review date: 2007-03-10 Rating: 4 out of 10
This movie mixes time and settings and characters - and many great movies have been very successful with this structure. Unfortunately these utterly insipid, colourless (more synonyms required!)characters made for a sleep inducing experience. I longed for it all to be over & happily, as I was watching on DVD, I just pressed the OFF button...and it was over.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Romane Bohringer
Sandrine Kiberlain
Vincent Cassel
Jean-Philippe Ecoffey
Monica Bellucci
Creators:
Vincent Cassel (Primary Contributor)
Romane Bohringer (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Optimum Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Optimum Home Entertainment
EAN: 5060034576365
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, PAL,
Release date: 2007-02-05
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 112 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1995
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: French (Original Language)