La Seperation

This is one movie, at the end of which i lead the applause. I knew the crowd is not going to applaud, and i thought the movie deserved one. With right timing i started clapping and voila the crowd joined in a short but loud round of clapping.

The movie starts with Pierre the guy telling us about his decision to film his few month old kids activities, like a diary and we see the kid through the guys camera eyes. I liked Pierre, middle aged but handsome, riding a motor bike in paris, cool looks, and his real good acting in the role. I couldn't imagine the actor out of the role. We move forward to see that Pierre is having problems with Anne. He know that from the fact that she has stopped quarrelling with him any more, and is rejecting his emotional advances. Later in a scene we see that Pierre has some little irritable habits like expecting silly things from Anne, and shouting at her if shes no sport for that. We see that when he asks her to manage a kite when they go for a vacation. We see that the little issues has grown into big ones when Anne announces that shes in love with some one else.

Pierre is devastated. The movie mostly follows Pierre and Anne comes in only when Pierre talks to her. The cold hearted way in which Anne announces that shes in love with someone was kinda shocking. She says that the other guy listens to her more, but we don't see why Pierre is not listening to her. Then there are these tussles with words and little actions like a Pierre pushing off Anne when Anne sends their little kid off to her mothers place and uninformed Pierre runs around mad looking for him. The tussles with words, were so craftily shown, that we see the tension mounting, with each one insinuating the other, but we are not able to find fault in anyone's side. But as i said, the movie was with Pierre, I never felt anything for Anne. Since they are not married legally Anne can keep the baby totally to herself, and this news devastates Pierre. We see this scene where Pierre walks to Annes mothers house and watches his kid through their mail door. Its touching. And I wondered whether paris is a pretty village or a big city. At the end we see Pierre deciding to leave the house, and let Anne and the kid stay there. The only condition is that Annes lover should not come to the house and take Pierres position for the kid. And interestingly Anne says that her affair is over. I don't know what she was expecting, but Pierre walks away, and we see him walking down the road as a less sane fellow, confused about the directions.

Pierre towards the end shows quite too much sanity, as he worries less about his lost love, but more about his dreams to be a nice father to his lovely kid. Like why should he cry for the woman who rejected his love.