Mille millièmes
2002 Comedy / Drama
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Summary
A group of residents in an apartment block make a show of mutual co-existence at their
annual meetings whilst ignoring one another for most of the year. Some of the tenants
object to charity work being undertaken by their neighbours to support homeless people;
a couple have to resort to drastic means to combine their adjacent rooms into one living
big apartment; some of the residents, fearing a gas explosion, want everyone to switch
to electricity…
Review
In this, his second film (after the noteworthy
Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père), Rémi Waterhouse
weaves a patchwork quilt comedy-drama centred in an unusual microcosm. Rather like
an expensive nouvelle cuisine meal, the film looks good but is actually rather an insubstantial
affair. The star-studded cast (which includes some very talented and much sought-after
French film actors) is wasted, or at least seems to be inappropriate for this kind of
film. Whilst there is probably some merit in the film’s subject, with its
original situation and plethora of interesting characters, the lacklustre direction, fragmented
narrative and bland characterisation combine to make this a frustratingly unsatisfying
film.
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