Music lovers are more likely familiar with the works of Romain Gavras - and ndash; he proudly bears the title of one of the brightest contemporary music video makers, plus a three-time Grammy nominee and a two-time MTV Video Music Award for Best Director and Cinematography. To date, a French of Greek descent (son of the "Oscar-winner" Costa Gavras) has shot two full-length movies – the crime drama Our Day Will Come (2010) and the crime comedy The World Belongs to You. About the last – funny, light and invigorating, like a sip of expensive French wine, and there will be a talk.
A short synopsis: a petty drug dealer Francois, who grew up in a family of thieves and fraudsters, dreams of running a legitimate business – sell ice cream in Morocco and happily live in a small house (theoretically with my wife) and swim in my own little pool. By the will of fate, the accumulated money evaporates, and Francois is forced to get down to business – to transport a consignment of drugs from Spain to France, so that his dream finally becomes a reality.
According to Gavras, he wanted to make a gangster movie that would not be like traditional noir movies with brooding and dark bandits, these "tough guys". And in the end, Gavras has a story with vulnerable and vulnerable men, who are pushed around by strong and desperate women. Calm down: no feminism! The movie in general is completely devoid of the attributes of any correctness that are necessary today. It mocks women and men, children and animals, immigrants and British. Especially over the latter, by the way. No one apologizes for anything and behaves as if the world belongs to him. This is so unexpected that at first one even wonders about – how so – and then you remember – oh, yes, these are French.
I will say right away – the movie is hilarious, but it cannot be called a pure comedy. It has both sad moments and rather tough ones. But everything was filed and movieed with such irony and skill that you understand that jokes about emigrants, about bad parents, about the Internet boom and the relationship between a man and a woman – this is an inoculation against modern realities, this is an opinion expressed aloud, not in a whisper. Gavras shows the whole world modern French society with its vices and problems, but without arrogantly ridiculing its weaknesses, and laughing contagiously at them together with the audience.
Now about the actors. The main character, a careless drug dealer and mama's son named Francois, was played by Karim Leklou. Of all the adult characters, only he seems to be the most adequate and sympathetic. It would seem - with a swollen belly and sad eyes of a basset hound, he would never get out of the series of force majeure. But no, Francois, hardened by difficult childhood years next to a tough mother, stubbornly flounders, and Leklou convincingly portrays this, in no way inferior in skill to Isabelle Adjani and Vincent Cassel.
Ajani as the bitchy mother of Francois, Danny, and the virtuoso thief is charming. Selfish and greedy, she is a real fam fatal that Gavras compares to a Ferrari. It really is like a racing car – If you gape a little, you will move, you won't turn around.
But who gave a real pleasure, it was Vincent Cassel as Danny's former lover, who served a prison term, Henry. In the first second, when Kassel, beaten by a moth, appears, the heart bleeds, and in a moment you already see not him, but "powdered" Henry, leading "monologues a la Tarantino". It is very funny and unusual. The funniest scenes are associated with his hero, who is concerned about the dominance of the Illuminati. By the way, Cassel has been movieing for Gavras for the second time.
In short, if you want to laugh heartily, enjoy musical mini-scenes (don't forget, Gavras is a master of his craft) and feel the charm of French cinema, feel free to buy a ticket.
The Topic of Article: Review of the movie The world is yours.
Author: Jake Pinkman |
