The Frame

In this French movie, a young guy who acts as the gangster muscle behind his father’s real estate business yearns to escape his life into that of a concert pianist (his late mother’s profession). Working with a Chinese woman recently arrived in Paris (who speaks no French), he practices for an audition that might change his life, while also dealing with the demands of his father’s business. It sounds far-fetched, but I hoped that the French sensibility might make it work. What actually happened is that I came very close to turning it off in the middle due to boredom–about as close as I’ve ever come while watching a film. Yet I’m not willing to say it’s really that bad of a movie, because I was overly tired and I probably shouldn’t have been watching anything. Honestly, I think it’s probably fairly good, just completely not what I was in the mood for, and not as good as I was hoping.
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