L'Homme fidèle

Encore une gâterie en provenance de ma France bien-aimée. Les Français ont toujours assuré dans les contextes relationnels inhabituels et les relations en tous genres et ce n'est pas près de changer. Il s'agit d'un récit élaboré et structuré de façon tragicomique qui met en scène trois personnes physiquement séduisantes. En ce qui concerne Laetitia Casta, je trouve que le nom de son personnage, Marianne, est plutôt cruel et ingrat, car elle ne semble plus incarner le symbole français de Marianne qui lui allait comme un gant à l'époque de sa gloire. Les goûts et les couleurs… Quoi qu'il en soit, c'est une expérience cinématographique de qualité… (31/07/2020)

This is a pretty quirky relationship drama, but Louis Garrel handles it with finesse. He also stars in the lead role, where his girlfriend, after three years together, suddenly drops a bombshell — she's breaking up with him, she's pregnant with his friend, but hey, can we still be friends? Surprisingly, Louis doesn't seem too fazed by it. Time passes, and a few years later, she shows up at his doorstep again, this time with a child. I couldn't really wrap my head around all the relationship twists and turns, but it was visually appealing and, most importantly, quite short, so I let it slide. Plus, Laetitia and Lily-Rose in the lead female roles were definitely a great choice. (05/02/2024)

An original and smart relationship drama about infidelity focusing mostly on the three main characters. Laetitia Casta, at 41, is very hot and Lily-Rose Depp, Johnny's daughter, is also good. It's quite blackly humorous, sarcastic and a bit odd, and thankfully very short. A strange film and definitely not typically French. 60%. (10/06/2019)

Louis Garrel serves the audience a rather banal love story in which he opens several thought-provoking relationship themes. The fundamental problem, however, is that the behavior and reactions of the individual characters in the more tense situations are hardly believable, as is the strangely amicable ending of the whole narrative. (65%) (13/07/2021)