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Pour Sacha
1991 Drama
Review
I’ve just seen again Pour Sacha
on cable TV. It is really a very good film, and its director, Alexandre
Arcady is one of the few French film-makers (with Claude Lelouch) able
to mix romance and an historical background. In this case, it’s the
June 1967 war between Israel and the neighbouring Arab countries. It’s
in fact the event which aggravated the situation in the Middle East, as
the victorious Israeli army conquered part of the Palestinian
territories. The situation has been blocked ever since. Curiously, Alexandre Arcady – who also directed an excellent gangster movie, called Le grand Pardon (1981) – has never been recognized as a serious film-maker by the critics and the intelligentsia. His latest films – Mariage mixte, Tu peux garder un secret? - were in fact less ambitious and less successful. So Arcady appears now more as a "has been" personality in the French film world. The war scenes in Pour Sacha are very convincing, and the whole film has a very sincere and true quality. As far as the Palestinian-Israeli relations are concerned, there are two magnificent scenes, when an Israeli Arab – Wallid - receives at home the young French Jews visiting Israel. His wife offers Laura (the main character, played by Sophie Marceau) her wedding dress... Later on in the film, after the war has begun, Wallid is not allowed, by Israeli soldiers, to move beyond a certain checkpoint. His Israeli friend, Nissim, is very sad and tells him: "Don’t worry Wallid, we’ll talk after the war..." Pour Sacha (1991) is certainly not outmoded almost 20 years later, because, sadly, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is still unresolved. 4 stars. © Georges Cohen 2008, Paris, France Write a review for this film... User Comments
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Director:
Alexandre Arcady
Starring: Sophie Marceau, Richard Berry, Fabien Orcier, Niels Dubost, Frédéric Quiring Synopsis
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