un road movie girato in Bretagna (protagonista anche lei), dove Paco si fa rubare la macchina da Nino, e poi i due diventano amici, riuscendo anche a sostenersi a vicenda, nelle loro avventure di (timidi) tombeurs de femmes, con Marinette e Nathalie.
non è un capolavoro, ma riesce a strappare simpatia, solidarietà e sorrisi.
buona (bretone) visione - Ismaele
Western está en las
antípodas de la ley no escrita que rige al Mainstream –conflictos fuertes,
ritmos histéricos, resolución previsible– a tal punto que su nombre, que remite
a uno de los más asentados géneros del cine norteamericano, puede tomarse como
una ironía del director Manuel Poirier. Aunque, si bien se mira, podrá verse a
un par de fantasmas del lejano Oeste sobrevolando a este film: Western es
una historia de fronteras, en la que el futuro no está asegurado para nadie.
Esto les cabe a Paco (Sergi López), vendedor de zapatos español, y a Nino
(Sacha Bourdo), inmigrante ruso, virtuales forasteros en
tierra bretona (campiña del West francés) llamados a cruzar
sus destinos, hacerse amigos e iniciar un largo viaje hacia ninguna parte…
…As this odd couple for the 1990s (men behaving Frenchly?)
travel the backroads of Brittany, it becomes apparent that Paco's uncanny
success with women is matched only by Nino's ability to self-destruct during
even the most casual human contact. But, as Paco learns from the wily Nino, you
can always learn something new. Western is the kind of movie
where adversity is dwarfed by cheerfulness, as well as a kind of cosmic decree
that all adventures turn out for the best. And no matter how selfish or
criminal their characters act, Lopez and Bourdo imbue their characters with
warmth and an increasingly tattered but intact dignity. With a heart as big as
its widescreen photography, Western seems destined for
American art house success; all it needs now is a distributor with Nino's wiles
and Paco's luck.
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