Undoubtedly this is a well made movie but... why does it have to be so heavy and dark?
"La ville est tranquille" means the town is quiet, but every character suffers and looks unhappy. All kinds of problems are there: prejudice against immigrants, unenployment, solitude, drugs, murder, prostitution, boredom.
We are led to believe les marseillais changed "liberté, egalité, fraternité" for misery, hopelessness and solitude.
The only sweet moments in the movie are when people are making music. Beyond music there's no salvation? I doubt it. Art helps a lot, but it's not enough. We need hope, love, good sense, and books, and movies which give them to us.
Forget Marseille! Come to Rio! Here we have violence, drugs and poverty but we can dance, sing and laugh (at least at ourselves...)
"La ville est tranquille" means the town is quiet, but every character suffers and looks unhappy. All kinds of problems are there: prejudice against immigrants, unenployment, solitude, drugs, murder, prostitution, boredom.
We are led to believe les marseillais changed "liberté, egalité, fraternité" for misery, hopelessness and solitude.
The only sweet moments in the movie are when people are making music. Beyond music there's no salvation? I doubt it. Art helps a lot, but it's not enough. We need hope, love, good sense, and books, and movies which give them to us.
Forget Marseille! Come to Rio! Here we have violence, drugs and poverty but we can dance, sing and laugh (at least at ourselves...)