De l'amour (2001)
55KDe l’amour: Directed by Jean-François Richet. With Virginie Ledoyen, Yazid Aït, Mar Sodupe, Stomy Bugsy. At twenty, all Maria wants to do is live life to the fullest. She lives with her benevolent, but aging parents. Other characters are: Linda, her best friend, the dredger Manu, Bouboule, her secret lover , and Karim, a home worker. Despite the drudgery of everyday life, they all pursue a similar quest for happiness. And then everything changes.
“In u0026quot;De Lu0026#39;Amouru0026quot; (the title is borrowed from a book by Stendahl),Richet meant to denounce racism in the police .It was commendable,provided you do not think racism exists only among the cops.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo it may have been,but if so it signally fails in its purpose.Not only the movie is rather flat ,but it is also as if the director (as an user has already pointed out),towards the end of the effort,suddenly appreciated how listless it was and desperately attempted to enliven things by last-minute devices such as the very violent scenes in the woods.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTwo different guys u0026quot;representu0026quot; the Police:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe lieutenant(Bruno Putzulu,De la Comédie Française) is good-looking,nice,human .He has a prepossessing wife and kids (we can hear them) and he opens his door to every Tom,Dick and Harry all day and night.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn direct contrast with this,we have the cop in uniform(Jean -François Stevenin,one of Truffautu0026#39;s favorite actors):he is mean,vicious,racist,sinister-looking.We do not know whether he has a family life. He hints at frequent suicide among the Police,which is true .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eVirginie Le Doyen is his victim .He canu0026#39;t forgive her for sleeping with an Arab.”
