2003 · musical · comedy · operetta
Pas sur la bouche
Directed by Alain Resnais1h 55m2003
A musical drawing room farce set in Paris circa October, 1925. Middle-aged Gilberte flirts with men but loves her husband Georges, wishing he were more demonstrative. He's negotiating a deal with American Eric Thomson, who turns out to be Gilberte's first husband from an annulled and secret stateside marriage. Along with her sister Arlette, Gilberte begs Eric not to tell Georges about their past. Meanwhile, a young artist, Charly, pursues Gilberte while Arlette tries to match him with the young Huguette, who loves him. Will Eric play along or try to re-win Gilberte's affection? Can Gilberte play one off against another? And who will manage to kiss whom on the lips?
Our read: Pas sur la bouche (2003) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive musical · comedy · operetta entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle musical / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- inventive
- intimate
- funny
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