the only gripe i have with this film be the end . do it really necessary to make the rich kid with the good life to envy the less fortunate one for his freedom . to get the protagonist kill to prove a point . maybe the writing here be more of self expression than depict human condition in general . loud volume doesn not make the music more significant . perhaps something could have leave unsaid to the audience imagination . i always like the french movie for there seemingly understated fashion over the dog bark of moral debate and preaching of the anglo american type assume the viewer be deaf and dumb . well and the movie end be a bit surprise to me . instead of let the actor bark at each other and it choose to create a big bang with it twisted story line in the end . i certainly saw it come after the middle point of the film . but still and i would have no problem give it 10 have it not be for the forced end . i think the big tragedy for people like toto be that they never get anything right and nobody care what they do or do not do . therefore and to force alfred to envy toto in the end and let toto leave with a bang instead of a wimp be certainly gratify to the audience and hollywood style . but it feel very concocted and unnatural . try to force a tragedy into a comedy really be pointless . because life really do suck for folk like toto .