In spring 1976, a 19-year-old beauty, her German-born mother, and her crippled father move to the town of a firefighter nicknamed Pin-Pon. Everyone notices the provocative Eliane. She singles out Pin-Pon and soon is crying on his shoulder (she’s myopic and hates her reputation as a dunce and as easy); she moves in with him, knits baby clothes, and plans their wedding. Is this love or some kind of plot? She asks Pin-Pon’s mother and aunt about the piano in the barn: who delivered it on a November night in 1955? Why does she want to know, and what does it have to do with her mother’s sorrows, her father’s injury, this quick marriage, and the last name on her birth certificate? —IMDb
Jean Becker (born 10 May 1938, in Paris, France), French filmmaker Jean Becker is the son of famed director Jacques Becker. Young Becker began his career assisting his father and Henri Vemeuil during the 1960s. Later he became known as a competent director in his own right. —thefestguide.com
Alain Souchon really made this movie. Adjani looks the goods but her acting skills definitely improved with age.
I think for me the near constant voice-overs killed it. The fact that nearly every character got the chance to have a v.o. *was* somewhat interesting, but it was still too overused as a device. Perhaps when I watch it again, I might think a bit better of it, but right now I'd rate it only fair-to-middlin'...
I must say, I was very impressed by this film. It was very suspenseful, with lots of comical aspects to it, but it went even farther..it had also this seriousness, this melancholic feel to it. I was also really impressed by Adjani's acting. She's really really skilled. Worth every second..
