Country: France / others
Review: Christophe Honoré insists on his light style
dramas, which usually aren’t warm enough to please us. His new film counts with
the presence of three wonderful divas – Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni
and Ludivine Sagnier, but their charm wasn’t enough to turn “Beloved” into a
charming movie. The story was too long, dragging for so much time into
uninteresting characters and relationships. The musical side wasn’t a gain too.
The songs were depressive and the lyrics often foolish. It’s not an easy task
to achieve a musical drama with the lightness or delicacy of some French
examples of the past – and I´m remembering of Demy’s “The Umbrellas Of
Cherbourg” and “The Girls Of Rochefort”, or Resnais’ “Same Old Song”. What I
know is that “Beloved” won’t be among them, as an unforgettable experience.
