Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (1989) Directed by Andrzej Zulawski
Drama / Romance
aka: My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days
Film Review
Avant-garde Polish filmmaker Andrzej Zulawski (one-time assistant to the great Andrzej
Wajda) directed this unconventional romantic drama, which seems to lie somewhere between
a cinematic joke (possibly a pompous deconstruction of the familiar French melodrama)
and a wildly O.T.T. self-indulgent experiment in cinematographic style. The ridiculously
unconvincing performances from the two lead actors - Jacques Dutronc and Sophie Marceau
at their worst - certainly do not help matters,
neither does the incoherent marauding mess that masquerades as a narrative. However,
it's Zulawski's absurd, overly self-conscious theatricality that is most off-putting,
making this a hollow, painfully laboured and thoroughly unwatchable piece of misguided
artistic nonsense.
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Film Synopsis
Lucas is a software developer who is suffering from a rare brain condition
that has already begun to affect his memory. As his health begins to
deteriorate he starts to feel prematurely aged and becomes increasingly preoccupied
with his mortality. One day, he meets an attractive young woman in a
Parisian café. She is Blanche, a married woman who belongs to
an artificial world that is alien to Lucas - she is a medium in a bizarre
travelling show. From the moment they meet, the two young people are
strongly attracted to one another, but there is not enough time for a romance
to develop as Blanche has a prior engagement in Biarritz. Lucas follows
her and checks into a luxury hotel. After their next meeting in a casino,
they agree to spend the following few nights together. Both desperately
in need of love, the dying man and the unfulfilled mystic are unable to resist
the scorching lure of a torrid love affair...
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