Mon roi my king movie 2023 đánh giá review năm 2024
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You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Vincent Cassel and Emmanuelle Bercot in “My King.”Credit...Film Movement My KingNYT Critic’s PickDirected by MaïwennDrama, RomanceNot Rated2h 4m
Your first thought on seeing Tony (Emmanuelle Bercot), the mentally shredded heroine of “My King” (“Mon Roi”), recuperating from a skiing calamity might well be “If I have to break a limb, please let me do it in France.” Cocooned in a gleaming rehab center by the ocean, Tony is recovering from more than a torn knee. And while France may or may not offer lust-worthy physical therapy, it has occasionally produced notable cinematic depictions of injurious passion, of which this unblinking portrait of emotional abuse is an especially juicy example. Better yet, the director, Maïwenn (who wrote the screenplay with Étienne Comar), knows how to make dysfunction delicious and self-destruction a blast. Told in flashback, the breathless collision and decade-long duel between Tony, a guarded lawyer, and Georgio (Vincent Cassel, spraying pheromones), an impulsively charismatic restaurateur, is a tango of light and shade. Bright and glamorous and exciting, Georgio is romantic fantasy on fast-forward, the kind of man who offers clanging sex in a restaurant kitchen and “I love you” before a second date. A child seduced by his own erotic power, he knows only how to be a lover; being a partner is a commitment too far. Oh, there are warning signs — the clingingly depressed former girlfriend that Georgio can’t seem to quit, and the unpaid tab at the pharmacy where he picks up his Xanax and Viagra — but Tony is falling too fast and too furiously to heed them. Love is her drug, and the cinematographer, Claire Mathon, underscores this craving not with trippy visual displays but with soft, natural compositions that ground it in a mutual affection. There are no harsh colors or jagged angles, but no Vaselined lenses, either — her images are as clear and un-blurred as the sickness they telegraph. Working an incandescent rapport rarely seen onscreen, the two actors spark and spar. Unshielded by visible makeup, Ms. Bercot’s face is by turns vulnerable and exultant, adoring and enraged. What makes the performance extraordinary is its flirtation with hysteria: At key moments, her eyes blaze crazily, and her laughter takes on a desperate keen. Whole sections of the film are so raw that they threaten to wear us out; yet the stickiness of its emotions is eased by Mr. Cassel’s frisky energy and the director’s facility with group scenes. As we saw in her terrific 2012 film, “Polisse” (about a child protection unit in the Paris police force), Maïwenn uses playfully turbulent cross-talk as a pressure valve, releasing us from the weight of the agony at the movie’s center. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Trésor Films, StudioCanal, France 2 Cinéma, Les Films de Batna, Arches Films, 120 Films, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, Cofinova 10, La Banque Postale Image 8, Cinémage 9, Palatine Étoile 12, La Région Île-de-France, LSG Productions Release Date Aug 12, 2016 Duration 2 h 4 m Rating Unrated Genres
Website http://www.cetera.co.jp/monroi/ As Marie aka Tony recovers from a serious injury incurred while dangerously skiing down a mountain, she starts to go through her relationship with the man who is the love of her life, a man that she cannot live with Georgio. As the physical journey to get back walking takes its toll and becomes more than a physical therapy it becomes a trip to psychological well-being. There are a few films through the course of my life that I only want to watch every now and again for good reasons and now Mon Roi has been added to that list. I can’t convey to you in the short space that we have here what this film means to me now. I just fell for the characters, their lives, their ups and their downs, and I would happily watch this film again, but not too much. Think of it as a good dessert, before we all became obese, me included, when we used it as a rare pleasure. If you have it too much you’ll get tired of it, but taken rarely, and enjoyed, it will bring so much pleasure to your life. I will also add again that I don’t know why anyone would pick to go skiing on their vacation, it’s exercise meets pain, and that can be done at home or at the office, I’m never going to pay to have that. That is unless I visit Amsterdam. Anyway… The film flits back and forth to the physical therapy and the past relationship. What captures your mind more than anything is the reality of two professional people learning that they can’t live without each other, to the point that they can’t live with each other. The reality of the situation is something that you are going to pick points from your own life or the lives of your friends. There is a huge amount of charm and beauty that flows as the relationship grows and a painful sorrow builds in you as they self destruct their love. It is a hard thing to find in a film to feel one of these ways and yet the Writer and Director manages to bring you through a whole host of emotions with ease. All the while you wish for the best for the characters, you’ll hate both of them, love their love for each other, and at times want to scream in their ears. The Paris city setting and the comfortable background music, along with the characters surrounding the main pair, all add a depth to the film that bigger budget films have trouble finding. Vincent Cassel plays Georgio and Emmanuelle Bercot plays Tony and I really wish there was an award from the Academy for best on-screen chemistry, I know there is one in those awards from the music channel that never plays music any more, but they should win it all. Their reactions to one another brings an idea that you are watching one of those scripted reality shows. Both characters are played perfectly and you see their fragile natures come through the overcoat of their armor. There is another stand out performance here, subtle but honest and true, Louis Garrel as Tony’s brother Solal. This character is the fixed point in the storm of the relationship between Georgio and Tony. He dislikes Georgio and hopes that the relationship will fail while never actually saying it. Louis manages to be there and only when the film ends do you realise the impact that this character has on the lives of those around him. Great work young man! Mon Roi, My King, 100% enjoyable drama with a comedy backbone to hold up the reality of the film. You may not enjoy this French film, but the true and natural acting and script that bounces through the highs and lows of the love and lives of Tony and Georgio will be my once in a while treat through the years. It’s always nice to get an extra title for that list, and sadly it doesn’t happen as much as it should. |
