1997 · comedy · musical · ensemble
Same Old Song
Directed by Alain Resnais2h 0m1997
Business executive Odile seeks a new, larger apartment. Her younger sister Camille, having completed her doctoral thesis in history, is a Paris tour guide. Simon is a regular on Camille's tours as he's attracted to her. However, Camille has fallen for Marc, and they begin an affair. Nicolas is also looking for an apartment, since he hopes to eventually have his family join him in Paris.
Our read: Same Old Song (1997) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive comedy · musical · ensemble entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / musical, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- inventive
- intimate
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