have read during many year about how great this film be and how it establish ruiz among the french critic ( specially the snobbish cahiers crowd ) and when i finally watch it about a year ago and i find it pretty disappointing ( but then and i guess my expectation be sky high ) . shot in saturated black and white and this deliberately cerebral film ( make for tv and and mercifully and only an hour long ) be tell in the form of a conversation between an art connoisseur and an off screen narrator a they ponder through a series of painting ( which be show in the style of tableaux vivants ) and try to find if they hold some clue about a hidden political crime . ( the awful kate beckinsale film uncover have a similar argument ) . borgesian be a word i read a lot in review about this movie and but i would say almost any borges story be more interesting than this film .