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The story of female friendship as Frenchwoman Claire helps the subject of her photograph, Min-Hee, discover why she was fired without apparent cause.The story of female friendship as Frenchwoman Claire helps the subject of her photograph, Min-Hee, discover why she was fired without apparent cause.The story of female friendship as Frenchwoman Claire helps the subject of her photograph, Min-Hee, discover why she was fired without apparent cause.
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2.8K
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I assume it was trying to say something. I didn't understand it at first so I kept waitching. Was this an essay on the futility of movie-making? On the futility of watching a movie because it has one of your favourite actresses and you assume it will be at least worthwhile as a result? Maybe. How it got an "80" critics' rating eludes me as well. I can only assume these people all figured that if they didn't understand the point of it then it must be really profound. They were wrong. Honestly, don't bother.
The very fact that "La caméra de Claire" ("Claire's Camera" in English") is a Korean-French co-production should draw interest. But the movie has even more in store. It focuses on the relationship between a young Korean woman and a middle-aged French woman in Cannes after the former gets fired and she works with the latter to try and find out why. When we hear about Cannes, it's always in relation to the yearly film festival, but when do we ever get to see the lives of ordinary people there?
I had never heard of Hong Sang-soo before seeing this, but now I'd like to see more of his work. Judging by this movie I would guess that he's a masterful director. Definitely see it.
I had never heard of Hong Sang-soo before seeing this, but now I'd like to see more of his work. Judging by this movie I would guess that he's a masterful director. Definitely see it.
I don't really know what I was expecting from this film, the fact that it was only 1 hour and 8 minutes long, a lovely poster of the film, sunny and happy and then the word 'friendship' in the synopsis. Somehow I guess I expected a sweet and cute little film, something like a french-korean Before Sunrise, but it was not. Like other user reviewers have already mentioned, it's a very awkward film, I would guess the whole film is built up by 10 scenes, long takes with not much happening. The times I felt I got involved in the story, was when there was some drama between the korean actors, like the Director telling the Producer Lady his feelings about her, that was actually good. But the scenes with Isabelle was pretty stiff, shaky english and the dialouge became much slower than when they spoke in their native language. There's probably many things I missed with the film, but I'm not too eager to return back to it for a second watch, even if the film is just over 1 hour.
The plot is minimalistic to the point of being ridiculous. The dialogues reminded me of tutorials for students who study a foreign language. They are rather primitive: "I am hungry" - "Are you hungry?" - "Yes, I am hungry". Luckily this film is only 1 hour and 8 minutes but it felt longer...I love Huppert but here she has the easiest acting job ever. What a waste of a great talent.
Huh? was my initial thought.
Some scenes I felt made me mildly embarrassed but on reflection now realise it was a choice, by the director and myself.
So a few days on and, much like the films premise, I've changed (but not my rating), I now nod my head and think hmmm.
This film has made me want to find out more about its directors work.
This film has made me want to find out more about its directors work.
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- TriviaFilmed during the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, about a year before its world premiere at the 2017 edition.
- ConnectionsReferences Claire's Knee (1970)
- SoundtracksLa pioggia (The rain)
Taken from "The Four Seasons - Concerto in F minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297, "Winter" II. Largo"
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
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- $83,418
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,489
- Mar 11, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $191,980
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