Lettre Pour L...
(LETTER FOR L...) ((FRENCH))
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A Le Poisson Volant/La Sept/Arte/Les Films du Losange production. Produced, directed, written by Romain Goupil.
He ... Romain Goupil
L...... Franssou Prenant
She in Berlin ... Regine Provvedi
She in Belgrade ... Anita Mancic
She in Sarajevo ...Alenka Mandic
Himself ... Ademir Kenovic
Director Romain Goupil made a modest impact at Cannes in 1982 when his first feature, the docu "To Die at 30," about growing up a militant in late '60s France, won the Camera D'Or. A decade on, he comes up with a frustratingly diffuse item that would have had more clout if better shaped and scripted.
International exposure will be extremely limited, although the pic's climactic scenes in shattered Bosnia have some impact.
Film takes the form of a letter to a former girlfriend, L..., who's written, asking, "When will you make a good film?" Goupil never really answers the question, but asks it of various people during his journey.
Pic opens in Moscow, where he receives L...'s letter, then moves to Paris, Venice, Berlin, the Gaza Strip (where stone-throwing Palestinian youths confront armed Israeli soldiers) and finally to Belgrade and war-torn Bosnia.
In Belgrade, Goupil confronts a popular Serb actress who's against the war. She becomes irritated with his following her around with a camera. In Sarajevo, he meets filmmaker Ademir Kenovic, who movingly tells what it's like to live in a once-great, multicultural European city. Goupil clearly had a lot of courage in going to Sarajevo, but the film is so haphazardly constructed that the impact is greatly reduced. Homages to Jean-Luc Godard, including a direct ref to his latest, "Oh, Woe Is Me," don't add much.He ... Romain Goupil
L...... Franssou Prenant
She in Berlin ... Regine Provvedi
She in Belgrade ... Anita Mancic
She in Sarajevo ...Alenka Mandic
Himself ... Ademir Kenovic
Director Romain Goupil made a modest impact at Cannes in 1982 when his first feature, the docu "To Die at 30," about growing up a militant in late '60s France, won the Camera D'Or. A decade on, he comes up with a frustratingly diffuse item that would have had more clout if better shaped and scripted.
International exposure will be extremely limited, although the pic's climactic scenes in shattered Bosnia have some impact.
Film takes the form of a letter to a former girlfriend, L..., who's written, asking, "When will you make a good film?" Goupil never really answers the question, but asks it of various people during his journey.
Pic opens in Moscow, where he receives L...'s letter, then moves to Paris, Venice, Berlin, the Gaza Strip (where stone-throwing Palestinian youths confront armed Israeli soldiers) and finally to Belgrade and war-torn Bosnia.
TELLURIDE FEST
Camera (color), Romain Winding, William Watterlot; editor, Franssou Prenant; music, Philippe Hersant; production design, Jean-Baptiste Poirot; sound, Sophie Chiabaut; casting, Richard Rousseau. Reviewed at Venice Film Festival (non-competing), Sept. 3, 1993. Running time: 105 MIN.
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