what a waste of great acting talent . this be a shame because with catherine deneuve and mathieu amalric and emmanuelle devos and chiara mastroianni and and melvil poupaud ( not to mention others less well know in america ) that a lot of act talent to waste . this film by arnaud desplech be a terrible disappointment . after have enjoy his king and queen and this film leave me completely bore and frustrate to the point where i actually leave before the movie end . the movie wander around it central storyline ( involve catherine deneuve illness ) get sidetrack by every peripheral storyline and support character that appear on screen . the movie also give u too little character development to understand why the different character dislike each other so much ( this be a story of family dysfunction ) so that the dearth of coherent narrative become even more critical . finally and the soundtrack ( which range from hip hop to bach to mendelhson midsummer night dream ) be at odds with the emotional temperature of the movie and far obscure any emotion the viewer should have be feel at the time . the photography ( the director often begin scene with a mainly dark screen and where our only sight be through a small opening and make feel a if we be watch through a peephole and that then expand ) be also pretentious and inscrutable .