Matthew, portrayed by Michael Pitt, is an American exchange student learning French in Paris. Although he has been living in Paris for a few months already, Matthew has no friends.
Being a film aficionado, Matthew spends most of his time at Cinematheque Francaise. There, he met Isabelle, portrayed by Eva Green, and his brother Theo, portrayed by Louis Garrel. The three of them eventually became closer for they share the same interest which is watching films particularly The Classics.
By living in the same house, Matthew witnessed the extreme intimacy shared by the siblings, the extreme intimacy that could be somehow deemed as “incestuous”.
As the three grew closer, they became secluded and somehow made their own world, an own world that’s away from all the chaos from the outside world.
Honestly speaking, I find the movie a bit interesting yet disturbing. Interesting in a sense that it’s not the typical movie that people usually watch. It’s like a mixture of romance, comedy, socio-political, etc. On the other hand, I can definitely say that it is disturbing. It’s so unusual seeing siblings being on the same bed all naked and even taking a bath together.
Other than this, it’s also so weird to see that a twin brother would just simply watch his twin sister lose her virginity just because of a simple game. But nonetheless, I guess Theo did it on purpose to make Matthew realize that he’s wrong regarding his belief on Isabelle’s virginity.
In my understanding on the movie as a whole, the twins were just trying to stay away from all the chaos on the outside world. And as a way to stay away from all of these, they were acting very childish and played certain games that are connected to the movies they have watched. Matthew, on the other hand, represents a man or someone who made or established a boundary towards the twins’ childish acts. He was trying to make the twins realize all the things that have existed on the outside world that they haven’t noticed because of their isolation. Yes, at first Matthew also tried to play childish and just went on the flow but not until the end. But in the end, although Matthew was there to make the twins realize things that they have neglected, Isabelle and Theo still stayed together leaving Matthew behind. It’s like all Matthew’s efforts are all gone wasted.
All in all, I can say that the movie is okay, well, it was great, but not until the end. Yes, it has comedy, romance, sex, etc. but the thing that ruined my great impression was the ending. I honestly didn’t like the last part because it was hanging. However, I could still say that I recommend this movie for all the fans of movies like this. Movies that’s quite interesting and mysterious.
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