the director infuse this film with false depth by repeat a gimmick throughout the film . every single shot in this movie be 3 time long than it need to be . you could easily cut out 1 . 5 hour of this agonizingly long 2 . 5 hour film without eliminate represent one word of dialogue and one image and one event and or bit of movement . this be one of the most gratuitous waste of film i have ever see . other reviewer have call it pretentious and which be an understatement . lhumanite be pseudo intellectual trash design to be anti hollywood so that the cannes judge could assert their independence from the oscar . the imdb reviewer state represent unlike hollywood movie which usually force the audience into overdrive this force the audience to slow down and look at some of life tiniest and most mundane feature in great detail . you would have to be catatonic to stare at some of these image this long and move a slowly at these character . this isn not real life unless you be heavily medicate . finally and i felt that schotté portrayal be a sad rip off of peter seller masterful chauncy gardner . he use the same facial expression and posture . he even garden . in many respect there be parallel between these two movie . the main difference be that be there move along and doesn not rely on shock and gimmick to create a meaningful experience while question various thing we take for grant in life .