Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours
1989 Drama / Romance   
 
Credits
  • Director: Andrzej Zulawski
  • Script: Raphaële Billetdoux, Andrzej Zulawski
  • Photo: Patrick Blossier
  • Music: Andrzej Korzynski
  • Cast: Sophie Marceau (Blanche), Jacques Dutronc (Lucas), Valérie Lagrange (Blanche's mère), Myriam Mézières (Edwige), Laure Killing (Ines), François Chaumette (Concierge), Sady Rebbot (François), Salim Talbi (Page), Jean-Pierre Hebrard (Michel)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 110 min
  • Aka: My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days
 
 
 
Summary
Shortly after learning that he has rare brain condition that affects his memory, Lucas sets out to seduce a stranger.  He encounters Blanche, an attractive actress who is strangely drawn to him.  The couple embark on a turbulent and passionate affair…

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.

© James Travers 2007


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