Albert Dupontel writes a love letter to movies, and we're the ones who end up receiving it.
Cleverly written, wonderfully performed (Virginie Efira will break your heart in ways you didn't know existed) and deftly directed, Adieu les cons / Bye Assholes is a movie in the purest sense of the word.
Dupontel makes a movie, not a film, with a simple story and action and poetry and comedy and sensitivity and a pallet of primary emotions. This isn't a Think Piece, it's a piece of work you'll think is good because sitting in your theater seat, you'll escape your confinement and get carried away.
Thank you, Albert Dupontel, for this breath of fresh air at a time when it's hard to breathe.
Shout by Miguel A. ReinaBlockedParent2021-05-01T09:45:53Z
[D'AFF] This tribute by Albert Dupontel to "Brazil" (Terry Gilliam, 1985) also builds a fictional city in which the characters acquire their greatest relevance, a fable about love and loss in which you have to let yourself go without looking back . It is a conjugation of opposite elements: life and death, happiness and sadness, love and lack of love. A wonderful story.