i couldn not make it through the whole thing . it just wasn not worth my time . maybe one fourth of the dialogue would have be worth listen to ( or read since i do not understand french ) if the pseudo profundity and pseudo wittiness of the other three fourth of the film be delete . then it could be make into a short maybe 13 or 15 min long and then it might be all right . i do not know why this movie even pretend to utilize actor . actor be use a narrator of the script and little more . i could swear a whole 20 30 minute of the film go by show actor from behind while they talk and from across the street while they walk or sit in low light close up but so that you could not see the expression on their face nor their eye . there be little or no interaction between the actor on the screen except the most superficial for the most part . some of the line be a profound ( or lame and depend on your viewpoint ) a those in forest life be like a box of chocolate gump . other pseudo profundity be simply sad or dumb or poetic ( depend again on your viewpoint ) and but singularly uninspiring . visually this film be incredibly boring and especially with the lack of actor . in fact some minute of this film show simply a black screen with the white subtitle and french audio . altogether sophomoric . don not waste your time . if you like good movie that be stimulate and profound just from listen to conversation while enjoy good actor and check out richard linklater before sunset or make a double feature of it and watch before sunrise first . at least these film be interesting and enjoyable and which be much more than i can say about in praise of love ( éloge de lamour ) . i give this film negative star . not quite offensive enough to rate 1 for awful ( such a the devil with oliver reed and vanessa redgrave ) . if you still want to watch it and go ahead . but do not say i do not warn you .