François Ozon is indeed a great great director. One could compare him somehow with Almodovar; openly gay, starting a career with very shocking and over the top films (Sitcom for Ozon, Pepi, Luci Bom...cf. Entre Tenieblas by Almodovar), showing women at their very best...and their very worst (8 Femmes, Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) and, more recently, producing less shocking films, yet all excellent and profound, with difficult subjects, such as death or drug addictions. I would say they have both reached a "classic style" in their creative lives.
The first 10 minutes are almost unbearable to watch: the ceremony of the drug taking of heroin with a man so desperate to get high he injects himself in... (you go and watch). This is the story of Mousse, survivor of a drug overdose and pregnant from a now dead lover. This is the story also of the brother of the deceased and of his relationship with Mousse, and a man he goes out with. This is the story simply of great camera work; the first 10 minutes I have spoken about, but also the scene at the beach when in all lightness, the camera illustrates a woman's desire, her gaze at the body of the young man lying down next to her under the sun.
Du grand cinéma, some great cinema!
The first 10 minutes are almost unbearable to watch: the ceremony of the drug taking of heroin with a man so desperate to get high he injects himself in... (you go and watch). This is the story of Mousse, survivor of a drug overdose and pregnant from a now dead lover. This is the story also of the brother of the deceased and of his relationship with Mousse, and a man he goes out with. This is the story simply of great camera work; the first 10 minutes I have spoken about, but also the scene at the beach when in all lightness, the camera illustrates a woman's desire, her gaze at the body of the young man lying down next to her under the sun.
Du grand cinéma, some great cinema!