Rating - PG 13
Actors - Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze
Recommendation? Rent it.
Length - 1 Hour 42 Minutes
This is a French film. Yes, I am now a snobby international film critic. No, not really. This just happens to be a really good movie made in France.
The entire film is in subtitles. So, if you don't like to read at the movies, you are out of luck.
This movie is about a guy who had it all. Based on a true story. He was the big dog editor of 'Elle' magazine in Paris, young 40's, beautiful women surrounded him, money to no end, his life was great. Out of no where, with no warning he has a stroke and is reduced to the batting of one eye in order to communicate.
It's hard to feel sorry for yourself, or not cherish the smallest inconvenience as you watch this guy struggle to communicate with one eye. His mind is 100% in tact, but he is a prisoner in his own body.
The director puts you inside the mind of "Jean-Do" and we listen as he contemplates life, death, his past, present, and future. A very well done movie.
This movie received multiple award nominations and awards. I give this movie 4.75 stars out of 5. RENT THIS MOVIE !