Life must go on
Violette and Francois don’t care
about the future. Violette was fired from the bank; Francois was booted from the
real estate agency, when his superiors found out that his best «customer» was
Violette. Unfortunately, the young couple has a little son Paul and they have
to find a way to make ends meet. Francois loses yet another job; he can’t
secure funding for his newspaper, so he decides to become a professional
shoplifter. After first failed theft, they decide to get married and on the day
of the wedding, Violette agrees to help Francois in the shoplifting business.
The film start as a comedy
about two head in the clouds young people with deep conviction that the world
is revolving around them. They don’t care about the absence of instant income,
the inability to provide decent future to their son. Their affair is the
perfect example for the old story of the Lady and the Hooligan. Violette
charmed by Francois rebelliousness and by his brilliant and unreal ideas. The
first shop theft thrills Violette even more and after some time she decides to
assist Francois.
Nothing lasts forever,
especially illusions. Violette is the mother and she has to think about the
well-being of Paul. She «awakens» after the first failed theft and tries to
persuade Francois, for the sake of little Paul, to abandon the life of petty
crime. Francois agrees, but then reneges on his promise. Violette has to make a
tough choice.
The film shows that Isabelle
Adjani is capable of playing not only tragic heroes. The actress has naturally portrayed
the evolution of Violette from the infantile and naïve teenager, who got a crush
on the Hooligan and ready to condone all of his activities, to the grown woman
capable of tough and painful decisions. Jacques Dutronc is also convincing as a
careless man, who understood the consequences of his behavior too late.
Enclosing, Violette and
Francois is a sad and tragic comedy. The film is relatively unknown, outside of
France, but watching of it was a pleasant surprise.
8/10
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