mrkwooHunting and Gathering
April 4th 2008 12:55
By Ashleigh Dollin
Director: Claude Berri (Jean de Florette)
Featuring:
Audrey Tautou
Guillaume Canet
Laurent Stocker
Francoise Bertin
Hunting and Gathering is a love story. It is a story of lost souls that find their way through the love of others.
It involves 4 intricate and different characters. Camille (Audrey Tautou) a depressed and guarded young lady who drinks too much and doesn't eat enough, Philibert (Laurent Stocker) a stuttering aristocrat who has trouble with confidence and meeting people as a result of his speech impediment.
Franck (Guillaume Canet) is Philibert's flat mate and exact opposite to the well dressed and nervous Philibert. Franck is a chef, when he is not working he is drinking, playing loud music and sleeping with anything that moves. On his only day off from the kitchen he visits his grandmother Paulette (Francoise Bertin) who lives in a retirement home. Paulette loves her garden and her grandson but can't stand the stuffiness of her new home and lack of garden and pets. Franck is responsible for putting her in the home and grows steadily more obnoxious as guilt eats away at his core.
All four characters have one thing in common, their life feels empty. The chance meeting of Camille and Philibert brings the four characters together. It is a treat to watch the characters improve in each others company.
It is a beautiful story with charming cinematography of the French country side and Paris. It delves into the heart of human relationships and the nurturing spirit of human nature which is so easily forgotten in today’s society where terrorism, climate change, career pressures and the internet isolate and weigh down on peoples minds.
A charming lighthearted story that proves loving human relationships are what we need more than anything else.
Director: Claude Berri (Jean de Florette)
Featuring:
Audrey Tautou
Guillaume Canet
Laurent Stocker
Francoise Bertin
Hunting and Gathering is a love story. It is a story of lost souls that find their way through the love of others.
It involves 4 intricate and different characters. Camille (Audrey Tautou) a depressed and guarded young lady who drinks too much and doesn't eat enough, Philibert (Laurent Stocker) a stuttering aristocrat who has trouble with confidence and meeting people as a result of his speech impediment.
Franck (Guillaume Canet) is Philibert's flat mate and exact opposite to the well dressed and nervous Philibert. Franck is a chef, when he is not working he is drinking, playing loud music and sleeping with anything that moves. On his only day off from the kitchen he visits his grandmother Paulette (Francoise Bertin) who lives in a retirement home. Paulette loves her garden and her grandson but can't stand the stuffiness of her new home and lack of garden and pets. Franck is responsible for putting her in the home and grows steadily more obnoxious as guilt eats away at his core.
All four characters have one thing in common, their life feels empty. The chance meeting of Camille and Philibert brings the four characters together. It is a treat to watch the characters improve in each others company.
It is a beautiful story with charming cinematography of the French country side and Paris. It delves into the heart of human relationships and the nurturing spirit of human nature which is so easily forgotten in today’s society where terrorism, climate change, career pressures and the internet isolate and weigh down on peoples minds.
A charming lighthearted story that proves loving human relationships are what we need more than anything else.
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