Combien tu m'aimes?
2005 Comedy / Drama / Romance
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Summary
Late one evening, a man and a woman meet for the first time at a
Pigalle nightclub. He is a shy, ordinary looking man who looks as
if he can barely afford the price of a drink. She is a stunningly
beautiful Italian prostitute, a true object of desire. The man,
François, makes the woman, Daniela, an unexpected
proposal. He has just won four million euros on the lottery and
offers to pay her 100 thousand euros a month to live with him. Of
course, she accepts, and they return to his cramped apartment to set
the seal on their business arrangement. François’s life
will never be the same again, and neither will Daniela’s...
Review
For over three decades, French filmmaker Bertrand
Blier has been taunting, pleasing and surprising cinema audiences (in
roughly equal measure) with his provocative, uniquely unreal brand of
cinema. His latest film, Combien
tu m’aimes?, goes further than many of his previous films into
the realms of absurdity and invites us to reflect on the value of human
relationships in a society where material wealth appears to count for
more than emotional well-being. This film isn’t entirely
without entertainment value but, lacking the subtlety and coherence of
Blier’s earlier work, it often comes across as silly and aimless and,
overall, it fails to make a positive impression. Looking back on some of the director’s previous films – Les Valseuses (1974), Buffet froid (1979) and Trop belle pour toi (1989) – it is apparent that these films have impact because Blier always manages to keep one foot in reality, giving the spectator a reference point. With some of his more recent films, and Combien tu m’aimes? is a good example, both feet (and every other appendage) are well and truly in fantasy land and it is far more difficult to engage with what we are shown. Whilst this latest Blier offering has an excellent cast who make the most of the material they are given, you can’t help feeling that the director is fast running out of steam and all he can do now is regale us with increasingly hollow parodies of his earlier work. © James Travers 2008 Write a review for this film... User Comments
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