The movie is much like Nine Lives - a compilation of short tales, each directed by a renowned director. Each story lasts for not more than 6-7 minutes and is complete in itself.
All have a common theme - Love. A universal emotion, it appeals to all - ages, class, races....alike.
The most ridiculous of the tales struck to me of : Elijah Wood and his lady love, a tale of "love at first bite". No! I am not referring to the icecream cone brand by Hindustan Lever. It shows love between 2 vampires. Eeeks! definitely did not appeal to my senses.
The more touching ones were that of a couple which is about to break up their marriage when the husband realises that his wife is terminally ill and so prefers to keep his affairs to himself and love her until her very end.
Gurinder Chhada's Quaise de la Seine, was very grounded and struck a chord with the young. I couldn't get over the dialogue when a young French boy "Francoise" shows interest in a young muslim girl and is told by his friends "beware....don't even think of touching her, Osama will blow your ass out" :) Also the dialogue when she refers to her hijab and says "I wear it not because of any compulsions, but because it gives me a sense of identity and belonging".
Natalie Portman, her usual self, portrays the fickle, young at heart and rebellious young woman when she falls in love with the blind boy, and almost misleads him into believing that she has fallen out of love with him.....when actually she is only practicing her dialogue delivery on him.
Juliette Binoche can easily be missed in her role as a mother to a boy who is no more. She constantly broods over him. However at the end she is shown to meet the dead boy (in heavens, I guess) and feels like he is still very much a part of her life.
Nick Nolte stars in a tale which is quite misleading. Although a baby sitter, the conversation between him and his client causes one to believe that they are having an affair, while it is only a professional discussion they are having.
One of the other more touching ones is the one with Catalino Sandino (of Maria- full of grace, fame), who is shown as the mother of a little baby whom she leaves in a creche, so she can then travel a few hours across the city to babysit one of her client's baby....to earn a living.
It strikes as quite a contradiction, that one lets some one baby sit ones baby while babysitting someone elses!!!
All in all, its a good movie. Keeps one enthralled through it since a story is over even before you have realised it. While most stories are in French with English subtitles, there are a few (mostly after the interval) which are English with French subtitles. A couple of hours well spent!!
All have a common theme - Love. A universal emotion, it appeals to all - ages, class, races....alike.The most ridiculous of the tales struck to me of : Elijah Wood and his lady love, a tale of "love at first bite". No! I am not referring to the icecream cone brand by Hindustan Lever. It shows love between 2 vampires. Eeeks! definitely did not appeal to my senses.
The more touching ones were that of a couple which is about to break up their marriage when the husband realises that his wife is terminally ill and so prefers to keep his affairs to himself and love her until her very end.
Gurinder Chhada's Quaise de la Seine, was very grounded and struck a chord with the young. I couldn't get over the dialogue when a young French boy "Francoise" shows interest in a young muslim girl and is told by his friends "beware....don't even think of touching her, Osama will blow your ass out" :) Also the dialogue when she refers to her hijab and says "I wear it not because of any compulsions, but because it gives me a sense of identity and belonging".
Natalie Portman, her usual self, portrays the fickle, young at heart and rebellious young woman when she falls in love with the blind boy, and almost misleads him into believing that she has fallen out of love with him.....when actually she is only practicing her dialogue delivery on him.
Juliette Binoche can easily be missed in her role as a mother to a boy who is no more. She constantly broods over him. However at the end she is shown to meet the dead boy (in heavens, I guess) and feels like he is still very much a part of her life.
Nick Nolte stars in a tale which is quite misleading. Although a baby sitter, the conversation between him and his client causes one to believe that they are having an affair, while it is only a professional discussion they are having.
One of the other more touching ones is the one with Catalino Sandino (of Maria- full of grace, fame), who is shown as the mother of a little baby whom she leaves in a creche, so she can then travel a few hours across the city to babysit one of her client's baby....to earn a living.
It strikes as quite a contradiction, that one lets some one baby sit ones baby while babysitting someone elses!!!
All in all, its a good movie. Keeps one enthralled through it since a story is over even before you have realised it. While most stories are in French with English subtitles, there are a few (mostly after the interval) which are English with French subtitles. A couple of hours well spent!!
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