«J’aimerais trouver un titre à mon livre. – Il y a des tambours dans votre livre ? – Non. – Des trompettes ? – Non. – Alors appelez-le Sans tambour ni trompette.»
It have good and bad moments. Some memorable scenes. Truffaut really knows how to do sweets comedies but it seems a little bit empty sometimes.
I think what I'm going to end up remembering the most about this film is Mr. Hulot's appearance.
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I just tried to watch this, and it was so chaotic that it gave me a headache and I had to shut it off.
The third part of Truffaut's Antoine Doinel cycle is a cheeky, entertaining film that isn't much different from its predecessor Stolen Kisses. However what it lacks in originality it makes up for in improvements. For starters the script is tighter and the film is more thoroughly directed. I look forward to finishing the series off.
it isn't racism, it makes sense non-native speakers would speak poor French, and Kyoko's character was well rounded. A great, underrated film
I'd rather like to call it "racial/ethnic stereotyping" than "racism." Not only the Japanese mistress, but American boss was also stereotyped for hiring Antoine by silly mistake, speaking poor french with funny accents, etc. And at the end, it all goes back to stereotyping French for stereotyping all the non-french in somewhat inferior way, I guess? Or, just everyone's a little bit racist, as in avenue Q? :P
This film is not about racism, it's about the importance of communication between two life partners.
It would be a decent movie, if not for the heavy dose of racism. Its good to see that French movies can be as closed minded as any country's cinema.
