Thoughts: Jessica (Cecile De France) lands a job at a café near a playhouse, art gallery and concert hall. There she meets an actress, a pianist and a man selling his lifetime art collection. This was a cute French movie for people who have this dreamy perception of Paris and finding love and drinking coffee in a café. I actually didn’t like the main actress much and found the side characters much more entertaining.
(M) Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes). (Alejandro Amenabar, 1997) Grade: B+
Thoughts: Cesar (Eduardo Noriega) is a vain young man who does not appreciates his best friend Pelayo (Fele Martinez) and treats women like objects until he meets Sofia (Penelope Cruz). I saw the remake of this with Tom Cruise and although I do not remember Vanilla Sky very well I have to say I enjoyed this version more. It is very dark and had more of a thriller vibe compared to the US version. Penelope Cruz is great in this; she should really concentrate on just doing Spanish films. Oh and the soundtrack was really good.
(M) Little Voice. (Mark Herman, 1998) Grade: C
Thoughts: LV (Jane Horrocks) is a shy young woman living with her widowed mother Mari Hoff (Brenda Blethyn). It is discovered that LV has a great singing voice and Mari’s new shady boyfriend Ray Say (Michael Caine) can’t wait to take advantage of it. The movie was pretty simple but it was nice to watch a young and cute Ewan McGregor.
Movie Count: 88
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