I will eventually manage to write about all Rappeneau's films; I think he is the finest director of comedy the French cinema has had in modern times (and it is a crowded field: just think of Yves Robert, Claude Berri, Molinaro, Francis Veber...) Tout feu, tout flamme dates from 1981, a period when Isabelle Adjani could seemingly do no wrong, and she is terrific here: she is sometimes required to do very fast line readings, often at the very edge of comprehension by the viewer, and it all works so well.
Montand was always good playing a man with a good nature who is forced by fate or circumstances to live on the edge of criminality. Here, his history of bad business deals has forced him to leave his family in France for a few years, then to return with grandiose plans for a casino on Lake Geneva. Lauren Hutton as his mistress shows a capable hand at comedy, and Alain Souchon is good as Adjani's love interest. A pity this was the only pairing of Montand and Adjani.
Montand was always good playing a man with a good nature who is forced by fate or circumstances to live on the edge of criminality. Here, his history of bad business deals has forced him to leave his family in France for a few years, then to return with grandiose plans for a casino on Lake Geneva. Lauren Hutton as his mistress shows a capable hand at comedy, and Alain Souchon is good as Adjani's love interest. A pity this was the only pairing of Montand and Adjani.