In all these years, I had seen only two movies directed by Truffaut.
In ‘Soft Skin’ (La peau douce), the married protagonist has a reckless affair with a young air hostess. In the movie’s stunning climax, his wife takes a gun, corners him at a Parisian cafe and shoots him dead.
In ‘The Woman Next Door’ (La femme da cote), the married protagonist has a reckless affair with his neighbour’s wife. In the movie’s stunning climax, this woman takes out a gun and shoots him in the head.
You will therefore understand my trepidation when I rented out Truffaut’s ‘Confidentially Yours’ (Vivement dimanche) from the video store. I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best.
I didn't have to wait till the end.
A man is shot dead in the opening scene. The protagonist’s wife was having an affair with the dead guy.
2 comments:
What a blog- title !
It's the name of a book by Pauline Kael, a famous film critic.
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