Jacquot de Nantes

It will probably help if you did a little reading up on what the movie was about before you watched it. For a person who likes to start a movie cold, the film confused me in the beginning. Then in due course of time I understood the rhythm but was still confused with the alteration of colour and B&W shots of essentially the same scene.

So the movie gets off to a bad start by assuming that audience members are already in the know. It was interesting to see how various aspects of Demy's film making were influenced by his childhood experiences. However as in the case of most artists and intellectuals, this is to be expected.
影讲述的是导演 Agnès Varda，一位70多岁的矮个子女人,对其丈夫、法国著名导演雅克德米的一次生平记录。
　　让我看到了童年，那个懵懂单纯的年代，在我整个的人生历程中到底意味着什么，我们所经历的童年，我们的父母，亲人，周围的朋友与乡邻，对我们每个人又会发生怎样不可预知的深远的影响。
　　影片的手法运用很有趣味（很喜欢），当某个儿时场景出现时，影片会马上穿插这个场景在雅克后期执导的电影中出现的这一片段，我们看到那些优美的歌剧，那些在孩童眼中充满神秘感的出场人物，甚至是父亲不经意的口头语和那些极其普通的生活场景，都在成年后的心灵中找到与其相呼应的位置，忽然发现，童年，那个好像渐遥远的岁月，原来从来不曾远离。
　 导演还在片中穿插了老年雅克干枯衰老的局部特写，随着镜头无声的移动，那些粗糙的皮肤细节，那些灰白的头发，那历尽沧桑灰色的眼睛，这些算不上美感的细节描述的同时，透出了Agnes varda对丈夫的爱，伟大而平凡。
　　生命终归衰老，亲朋终归离去！！！雅克德米去世于影片即将完成时。

Other than providing an insight, the interspersing of Demy's movie clips in between also provided a sense of familiarity and comedy.

Having been made by the wife of the main protagonist, the film felt fairly self-indulgent. It was like Shahjehan constructing the Taj Mahal - a beautiful construction for personal satisfaction for the others to see and admire.

The story is fairly simple, straight forward and predictable but its execution is charming. I for one came off this film highly inspired and more determined to follow my dreams.

4 stars for the optimism, feelgoodness and acting.

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