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Pourquoi... Passkeu
12 years ago
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Some of you my believe that French movies are dealing with useless existential question, trying to intellectualize every little events of life with a self-centered attitude. Actually it is true! Pourquoi... Passkeu is symptomatic of a certain idea of cultural exception. I wonder what MM. Tristan Aurouet and Gilles Lellouche* had in mind when they directed this movie in 2001. I let you enjoy 7 minutes of deep philosophical thoughts:
* A few years later, Gilles Lellouche became a famous actor with a noticeable role in Little White Lies (Les petits mouchoirs by Guillaume Canet).
* A few years later, Gilles Lellouche became a famous actor with a noticeable role in Little White Lies (Les petits mouchoirs by Guillaume Canet).
Sadly couldn't see the vdeo, but it must be great, even more with the descri`tions<3 *pats your back friendly*<3
I don't know much about Bolivian movies. Yet your remark reminds me an anecdote: during the renewal of Iranian cinema in the 1990's (with directors like Kiarostami, Makhmalbaf, PanΓ’hi, etc.) some artists tried (despite censorship) to produce some comedy strongly inspired by some "western countries" movies. They succeeded to make them and show them in their own country (i.e. in Iran) but when they tried to sell them outside, the few place where they had a chance of being accepted (mostly Germany and France) said that they wish only sad movies depicting the misery of the place... Taste of Cherry which received the Golden Palm in 1997 (Cannes Festival) is a good example of this kind of "selection".
Yet it is more easy for an audience to choose a movie when it satisfy its expectations (in other words, its prejudices): Iranian movies are sad, French movies are self-centered and boring, American movies are entertaining success stories with happy ends, Japanese movie are slow and contemplative, German movies are cold and rigorous... and I can carry on with many other clichΓ©s. Now they are (fortunately) always (many) exceptions... and its makes them special: The White Balloon by PanΓ’hi, La CitΓ© des Enfants Perdus by Caro et Jeunet, Pi by Darren Aronofsky, Goodbye Lenin! by Wolfgang Becker... *
* and I didn't succeed to find an example of recent Japanese movie that isn't slow and contemplative!
PS: If you have some interesting Bolivian movies in mind (long/short film or cartoon), please don't hesitate tell me the titles! I will try to see if I can find them in some independent movie theater with French or English subtitle (because, I don't understand Spanish unfortunately).
PPS: I am sorry you couldn't see the video. Some problem with YouTube?