before i discuss stray i should say that i be a big fan of french cinema and therefore do not agree with the sweeping generalisation that it be over ponderous and self important . stray however most certainly do conform to this stereotype . it all begin very promisingly with a family run into the wood to escape german bomb and encounter an almost savage seventeen year old youth . the child like him while the widowed mother ( play by beart ) be a little more reticent . unfortunately the film then peters out and the rest of it meander along with no sense of tension or character development . it be a though the writer come up with what he think be a good idea and and then after write a few page realise that in fact he still have writer block . the sex with which the film culminate appear to have be add to give the film some spice and but there be simply no preliminary ( at least on the part of beart character ) to make her sudden rampant desire in any way explicable . the acting be good a be the general mood set by the music and the scenery and but this do not excuse the fact that this film simply have nothing important or interesting to say .