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Customer Review
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 April 2021First, there are 2 DVDs available of this film. The one from Editions Montparnasse has a circle of faces on the cover - this one does not have sub-titles in English. The other has a photo, which as been cut in slices, of 2 faces, from Kino Classics - this one has English sub-titles. ( Neither has sub-titles in French - but then very few french films do )
I saw this film for the only time in 1971 - it has always stuck in my mind - particularly 2 images, - so I was delighted to find it on DVD after all these years.
The film plays with time, just like a Resnais film, but in a sci-fi time travel context - however, this is not really an important part of the film. The film explores the events of a man's life in a fragmented way that leads you towards a sort of explanation, but this doesn't really explain, or does it, who knows, but it does resolve the film satisfactorily.
The 2 images ? one, Resnais makes a sort of association, understated, between time and water; in one scene this occurs in a totally unexpected way. The second : a mouse is also sent back in time with him. There is absolutely no mixing up as in "The Fly", but a mouse does re-appear in a scene when he shouldn't be there - a very understated joke from Resnais.
Totally engrossing. A little known film, but well worth a look.
