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[Highly rated reviewer]

a good film but a bit confusing

While i enjoyed this film I found it a bit confusing. Having watched it once I read up about it on line and then rewatched it. it made more sense the second time. Depardieu is great - my confusion happened as he plays two male lead characters and it is confusing to know what their relationship is to one another - if they are related to one another that is ? The female lead character is great (sorry have forgotten the actresses name) as is her 'tart witha heart' (and a young baby) friend. The other male characters are all pretty anonymous and indistinct and this was also why I was confused on the first viewing as to who I was watching on screen - journalist? Police? gangster? worth hiring but I needed to work at this film to enjoy it

Inscrutable ?

I own this and have attempted to watch it several times - of course it's a personal thing and it might be self evident to someone else but I just cannot suss what this is supposed to be about..not a very satisfiying film without this..perhaps one of those where you really need to be able to decipher some cryptic metaphor of french political events of the period - which rules me out!