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This is the French movie "Post coitum, animal triste" with English subtitle. When it was shown in theatre in New York city in Spring 1998, I watched it three times, because this is the perfect movie for me, with the beautiful scenes, interesting characters, story, etc. The story is about a middle aged book editor with a husband and two kids, who fell in love with a handsome young man and went destructive. It is interesting that the cover of the videotape version released in the U.S. is dark and full of hints for sex, while the cover of the version availabe in France is very bright and colorful, with the heroine herself and the background of a Greek isle under the sunshine.

It's great.

The affair between an older woman and a younger man, the impact of this on her family, and on herself when it ends, is shown in a way that is hilarious, serious, and sympathetic.

Why I liked it:
* The true awful self-centeredness of love is not avoided. There is acknowledgement of just how ridiculously we behave, but at the same time a respect for the strength of these feelings.
* The surprising way that some of the people around the affair reacted to it.

I'm considering showing it to some of my middle-aged women friends. "Look what happens when you take something like your appreciation of that waiter just a bit too far ...."

AS OBSESSED AS THE FEMALE CHARACTER IS OBSESSED WITH HER YOUNG MAN , I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS FILM. IT IS NOT ONLY AN INTERESTING TAKE ON THE SUBJECT , BUT HILARIOUS IN HER REACTION TO THE WHOLE ORDEAL. I LITERALLY CHAIN SMOKED THROUGH THE FILM .I'VE TOLD ALL MY FRIENDS ABOUT IT, THEY ARE SICK OF HEARING ABOUT IT AND WATCHING ME REINACT SOME OF THE SCENES, WHICH I DO OFTEN .I AM ABSOLUTELY CRAZY ABOUT THIS FILM. I'VE HUNTED IT DOWN IN ALL THE VIDIEO STORES, AND THEN ALMOST FELL OFF MY CHAIR WHEN I SAW AMAZON HAD IT. ORGASMIC!MALE , FEMALE, STAIGHT , GAY PLEASE ORDER THIS FILM, YOU WILL NEVER LOOK AT RELATIONSHIPS THE SAME WAY AGAIN. IT'S AMAZZZZZZZZZING! NOW IF I COULD ONLY GET THE SOUNDTRACK,EVERY TIME THE WOMAN IS LYING ON THE BED DEVASTATED BY HER YOUNG LOVER THEY PLAY THE BEST ,MOST APPROPRIATE OLD CLASSIC EURO LOVE SONG.BRILLIANT.THE ACTRESS IS JUST SOOOOOOOO AMAZING,HER ACTING IS SO UNREAL, NO AMERICAN ACTRESS HAS EVER GOT THIS TYPE DOWN SO WELL. I SHAKE MY HEAD IN DISBELEIF ,THIS FILM IS JUST SOOOOO GOOD. I'VE DRIVEN MY FRIENDS ABSOLUTLY CRAZY , I TALK ABOUT THIS FILM AT LEAST 3 TIMES A WEEK , I THINK I SHALL ORDER A FEW COPIES FOR THEM. EVERYONE HAS TO SEE THIS FILM. AN OVER DONE TOPIC , BUT DONE IN A VERY, VERY, FUNNY, TRAGIC WAY.

This movie was okay if your cable has gone out and you're tired of watching Tracy Lords videos. LadyHendrix says her friends say she talks about this movie too much. I agree. Insanity loves company. I have seen this movie and I have seen LadyHendrix act it out and I would say in comparing the two, LadyHendrix's version was much more entertaining. Of course the movie has more then one actress and that limits LadyHendrix' scope somewhat. But the film lacked a great deal of what I like to call "realism." This was obviously made during the free spirited 60's and maybe those that love it remember it through a fog of LSD. It does not hold up well while sober, straight or sane. But LadyHendrix's verions can be enjoyed as a great piece of performance art and should be filmed and released as a respectful homage.

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