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Paolo SorrentinoScénario:
Paolo SorrentinoPhotographie:
Luca BigazziMusique:
David LangActeurs·trices:
Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Jane Fonda, Tom Lipinski, Alex Beckett, Mark Gessner, Chloe Pirrie, Ed Stoppard (plus)VOD (3)
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Fred et Mick, deux vieux amis approchant les quatre-vingts ans, profitent de leurs vacances dans un bel hôtel au pied des Alpes. Fred, compositeur et chef d'orchestre désormais à la retraite, n'a aucune intention de revenir à la carrière musicale qu'il a abandonnée depuis longtemps, tandis que Mick, réalisateur, travaille toujours, s'empressant de terminer le scénario de son dernier film. Les deux amis savent que le temps leur est compté et décident de faire face à leur avenir ensemble. Mais contrairement à eux, personne ne semble se soucier du temps qui passe... (Pathé Films)
(plus)Critiques (9)
(50th KVIFF) My last film of the fiftieth edition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival should have also been the best. But it wasn’t. It disappointed. A lot. For me, Youth was an artificial and disingenuous bag of kitsch full of visual and audio beauty, poisoned by wannabe deep phrases and soaring but fake truths about life. In short, it has some scenes worthy of praise here and there (especially the less poetic and more humorous conversations between Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel) and others worthy of a punch in the face. There was at least one moment (the scene where actor robot Q is talking with a wise little girl in a shop) when I couldn’t stop my head and hand to spontaneously perform a facepalm. After the pretentious The Great Beauty, which lived up to its name maybe actually in spite of itself and its director, Youth falls flat on its face. The breathtaking craftsmanship of Sorrentino doesn’t deserve less than three stars, but I was tempted. 60 %
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Une méditation formellement modeste et d'autant plus agréable de Sorrentino. Des métaphores de la vie comme fil conducteur, dont certaines plaisent par leur coup de maître direct, tandis que d'autres tournent en rond dans un intellectualisme vide mais ludique. Insérées dans l'atmosphère paisible et apaisant d'un l'environnement naturel, interprétées par un casting d'acteurs merveilleux. J'ai ressenti du respect et de l'admiration envers la sagesse des deux personnages principaux âgés, et j'étais bien avec eux. Et Rachel Weisz blessée mais mûre a quelque chose de spécial.
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Il aura fallu Youth pour me convaincre que Sorrentino n’est pas, comme je le pensais, l’un des réalisateurs les plus surestimés de notre époque. À la différence de La Grande Bellezza, Youth m’a parlé. Ici, on a un film intimiste méticuleusement confectionné qui traite de la vieillesse, de l’amitié, de la musique, de l’art et d’autres sujets intéressants, lesquels méritaient d’être abordés et d’êtres exprimés à l’écran. Une expérience artistique impressionnante.
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I wouldn’t say that, from a philosophical standpoint, the movie Youth is worse than The Great Beauty. But its great advantages are the locations in the Swiss Alps, where there is a hotel in one valley for retired Western world stars from any industry. In the movie, you meet the standard professions. A fat soccer player, a miserable actor who starred in a role that is constantly being talked about by the public, a director who has his head full of thoughts about how to make his masterpiece, Miss Universe, who is of course very beautiful, or a composer who is tired by the fact that he composed something unique. All of them are here willingly, like on a vacation, to get some rest. They are all talking here, thinking, philosophizing, and they can, but don’t have to, be joined by their loved ones. And the nicest thing about it is that this movie was done by probably the most interesting European director of the modern era – Paolo Sorrentino, who appears to have learned those spectacular scenes from Stanley Kubrick himself. I am not giving it a full score only because there were so many ideas that I wasn’t able to get it all in those two hours. Nevertheless, it is still an unbelievable, not only movie experience with a finale that is exactly the sort of thing that makes movies so unique.
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No, Paolo. Once again, it is a cold terrarium full of strangely academized reptiles. And the orchestra just doesn't sound loud, only unglued, as if each section is playing a different song. I was a big fan of it, and after seeing The Great Beauty, I appreciate the greater relaxation of the tone in places and the tendency toward absurdity, but overall it feels similarly weighted and unconvincing. In addition, Sorrentino is increasingly successfully colonizing the hard-to-imagine territory between a folk comedy full of truth and snobbish "art", which in places becomes quite unbearable. Back to the small things, please.
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Meticulous production design and great actors in a sometimes slightly bizarre reminiscence of a bygone youth. Searching for answers to old questions, asking new ones, coming to terms with the fact that time is bliss and everyone has to leave one day. Of course, there are some family injustices and a slightly troubled past, but Sorrentino handles the thematic impulses with grace and, at times, with a light dose of cynicism and irony, which suits the two ace actors, and as a result the viewer is spared unnecessarily hyped emotions or theatrical performances. But I can't avoid the feeling that this slightly ambient Swiss beauty could have been told a bit more deftly and better by the Americans.
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"What are you doing now?" - "They told me I was apathetic. So I do nothing." Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel excel in a pleasantly melancholic drama full of beautiful images and great music. I haven't seen anything by Paolo Sorrentino yet, so you can probably imagine how excited I was by the visuals. Extremely. The only thing I can and must criticize is the excessive length, because somewhere in the third third the film really started to put me to sleep. But that's all.___P.S. The scene with Michael Caine conducting a herd of cows immediately became one of my favorite scenes from all his films.
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Youth is an audiovisually opulent and superbly acted reflection on old age and youth that is both comic and tragic, with both opposites always used appropriately and effectively. The story is set in a seemingly ordinary spa, but inhabited by a variety of characters who can both make you laugh and move you with their behaviour and speeches. I really liked the beautifully colourful shots of nature and the overall camera work, which flirted with the people and objects around it. In addition to the captivating imagery, I was carried away on the film's enchanting musical score, which was impossible to ignore and perfectly completed the atmosphere of each scene. Each of the characters had something of their own story to tell, so I could hardly say which one captivated me the most. An artfully made film that could be considered a metaphor for life, as there are moments that make you smile as well as sad.
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First and foremost, it's a great performance by the three lead actors, with Rachel being overshadowed somewhat by the two acting legends. It's as if Michael Caine is playing himself a little bit, when even in his 80s he has so much strength and as if he's without a single blemish on his health. Both have the chops to carry the whole film with ease, and Sorrentino adds style and visual beauty. And yes, Switzerland can be credited with a lot of it.
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