Which is Audrey Tautou and Jean Pierre Jeunet in A Very Long Engagement. Catch the romance/suspense/war drama/comedy/mystery with Yong Bin at Orchard on Thurs. As usual, Jeunet brings back his style into the romantic drama, but this time round, it is Amelie going into a war of hope and faith.
The 2hr 20min drama is definitely worth your $8.50, by provided that you 1) watches French dramas very frequently, 2) enjoy Amelie, 3) finds Audrey Tautou very pretty and 4) you want to see Jodie Foster speaking French in this film, cos Jodie has a role in there. It's a movie which combines the elements of masculinity and feminity. Masculinity is the war scenes, which takes up about 40% of the movie. Feminity is about 45%, on a woman searching for her lover. The rest? Romance for both sexes. To James, my KS supervisor: how can u say that this is a lousy show? Try watching it!
Oh yes, Dangerous Liaisons is over. So, i can spill the beans all over the place now: The prologue:3 male dancer and 3 female dancer dance around the swing, and pretend to have sex. (The moans...), and that begins with the conversation b/w Marquis de Merteuil and her niece. Here comes Victome de Valmont, whom the two cold blooded aristocrats strikes a deal: if Valmont could properly seduce Merteuil's niece, Cecile and the virtue lady Tourvel, and properly discards them, Valmont will win a night of sex with Merteuil. The wife of Valmont, a loose woman, is having a nice shower with 2 male dancers, and have the big champaign bottle pretending to be the private. They dance and dance and dance...
Valmont suceeded in seducing and disposing Cecile, but not Tourvel. He falls in love with Tourvel, and he couldn't get over her. In the end, Valmont caught Merteuil having sex with her new lover and both declare war on each other. It ended up with a showdown between Valmont and Merteuil's lover, which is also Valmont's bestfriend. Valmont was killed in the showdown, and voila, the end.
Hmm...mabey Toy Factory could bring in Quills onto the stage next time?