5x2
2004
***
Director: Francois Ozon
Cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stephane Freiss, Francoise Fabian, Michael Lonsdale
This chronicle of one marriage starts with a loveless break-up and ends with the bliss of new romance. The story plays backwards, as we catch five brief moments from the couple's lives. With the benefit of the hindsight, we can look for signs which lead to the eventual divorce - most of which are very subtle. Ozon doesn't offer universal truths about relationships, merely an (almost uncomfortably) intimate peek into one failed union.
