Ennui

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02/13/2020 This is one of those movies where I watched it, then immediately watched it again !! It was that good !! Charles Berling is outstanding as a philosophy professor whom is obsessed with a much younger girl. See more 10/17/2019 A tedious watch. This had potential but it was basically two hours of him shouting and her replying with one word answers all the way through the film. See more 09/14/2011 Another Stupid movie which learns you how to avoid further stupid movies and false ratings in your coming life! See more walter m @Harlequin68 03/10/2011 [font=Century Gothic]In "L'Ennui," Martin(Charles Berling), a philosophy professor, has not had sex in the six months since he got divorced from his wife Sophie(Arielle Dombasle) in the hopes that he can now focus on writing a book. It's not working. What he does instead is drive around the seedier parts of town, eventually coming upon a bar where Leopold(Robert Kramer), an artist, cannot pay. Martin rescues him by paying his tab and accepts a painting as collateral. Three days later, he returns the painting only to discover that Leopold has died in the interim, finding Cecilia(Sophie Guillemin), a 17-year old model and lover of Leopold's in his place.[/font] [font=Century Gothic]"L'Ennui" is a graphically sexual movie about obsession that gets tedious long before the drawn out conclusion. No matter how good a performance Charles Berling gives, there is no getting away from how truly tiresome Martin is. The simple truth is that he thinks too much and his being a philosophy professor cannot excuse this(we are all philosophers). He was most likely responsible for driving away Sophie and cannnot totally put his old life behind. At the same time realizing that he is too old and wrong for the much younger Cecilia, he cannot get away from the hot sex. By contrast, Cecilia just goes along with the flow, simply agreeing to whatever is suggested.[/font] See more 03/10/2011 Interesting, watchable and completely un-sexy - with a great ending and some truly terrible paintings. See more 03/10/2011 The story of an older guy getting it on with an oversexed, much younger gal is the most overused trick in the Gallic film textbook. Itâ(TM)s a credit to helmer Cedric Kahn that he manages to breathe fresh life into the well-worn genre with âEnnui.❠Eventually, however, the film becomes as tiresome as the lead character , and the finale is simply self-indulgent. But pic contains plenty of richly comic moments and some fine acting from the leads. âEnnui❠is rarely boring and might excite some specialized distribution interest. It is also bound to raise temperatures on the fest circuit. See more Read all reviews

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