I think I liked this film the most out of the films I saw at the French Film Festival. It started a man who had a "healing" gift. Of course I thought it was bogus from the start, but people came to see him. More than that it presented working class France in a way that I had never seen before. I am so used to high class costume dramas which have no relevance to contemporary society. It drives me crazy when my French teachers show another overblown costume drama. This was a much needed different perspective.
The main character lives in a trailer. Drives a motorcycle. Is divorced. Has a daughter. Works odd jobs and Finds love with an suicidal alcoholic. It is not a rosy picture. It doesn't debate the ideals of the French Revolution or some other ancient idea. What it does is present the lives of people working to survive. The ending, which I liked very much, shows the main character having just rescued the alcoholic from suicide, riding his motorcycle at sunset. She has been saved. He really is a healer. He does have a gift. He knew she was in trouble. He went to her. He saved her.
I think the film is great because it show how we all have problems. We, no matter what social class, have problems. Perhaps they are different problems, but the problems among the French working class are similar to those in the US. I really felt like I could relate to this film. The main character only had his father. He was only part time employed. He felt like he had a gift. I am in a similar predicament.
I enjoyed this film. I think it was really well written and shot.
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