Friday's movie was the 2000 French film, Presque rien, starring Stéphane Rideau. This film was directed by Sébastien Lifshitz, and, in typical French fashion, is slow, confused and depressing. Essentially a coming of age story, it follows Mathieu (played by Jérémie Elkaïm) as he heads south to his family's summer home and falls in love with Cedric (played by Rideau).
Sure, this film has full-frontal nudity of both lads but even that is not enough to make you interested in what's happening. The film leaves more questions than answers. Like, why does Mathieu leave Cedric? Like, what leads Mathieu to the obvious suicide attempt hinted at in the film. Like, why do the lads opt to head off to Nantes? And, like, who really cares? ...
All in all a tedious, flawed movie. Mr. Lifshitz's should have his director's status reviewed.
My rating 2 out of 10.
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