2002 · documentary · latvian · autobiographical
Flashback
Directed by Gilles Mimouni1h 56m2002
Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However, when Max catches a glimpse of the great lost love of his life, he becomes obsessed with rekindling their relationship.
Our read: Flashback (2002) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive documentary · latvian · autobiographical entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured documentary / latvian, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- signature
- intimate
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