Author: Stefan Pape
The French have a remarkable ability to present formulaic romantic comedies that affectionately abide by the tropes of the genre at hand, in unique, creative ways. Whether it be Up For Love or Love is in the Air, or even Heartbreaker and Populaire, they tell familiar stories in a resourceful manner, and Bavo Defurne’s Souvenir is very much cut from the same cloth – yet there’s a distinct comfortability to these movies that make for congenial cinema.
Isabelle Huppert plays Liliane Cheverny, who went by the stage name of Laura, coming in second place to Abba in the Eurovision Song Contest. Labelled a has-been, she now works at a pate factory, which is where she meets the opportunist young boxer Jean Leloup (Kévin Azais), who recognises her instantly given his father was such a big fan of her work. Wanting nothing more than to convince her...
The French have a remarkable ability to present formulaic romantic comedies that affectionately abide by the tropes of the genre at hand, in unique, creative ways. Whether it be Up For Love or Love is in the Air, or even Heartbreaker and Populaire, they tell familiar stories in a resourceful manner, and Bavo Defurne’s Souvenir is very much cut from the same cloth – yet there’s a distinct comfortability to these movies that make for congenial cinema.
Isabelle Huppert plays Liliane Cheverny, who went by the stage name of Laura, coming in second place to Abba in the Eurovision Song Contest. Labelled a has-been, she now works at a pate factory, which is where she meets the opportunist young boxer Jean Leloup (Kévin Azais), who recognises her instantly given his father was such a big fan of her work. Wanting nothing more than to convince her...
- 6/19/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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