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A Coeur Joie (Two Weeks in September) [VHS]

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This movie's greatest virtue is its realism. The movie is devoid of phony acting and an implausible or complicated plot. It is simply a story of a married woman who loves her husband and has been faithful but then encounters a guy who she falls heads over heels for and with whom she has an affair.

The movie is well made. The acting is fine. The color and picture quality are indeed very good. The movie was in letterbox format which was okay since there were many close up shots of the actors. There were some very picturesque shots of Scotland.

Bardot looked trim, youthful and exceedingly lovely throughout this movie.

Overall a better movie than I expected it to be.

This 1967 Brigitte Bardot vehicle, actually entitled "A Coeur Joie!" ("Head Over Heels") features an appropriately bored-looking Brigitte portraying a bored housewife who, on a whim, takes off for Scotland with a handsome lover (Laurent Terzieff). The on-location footage at a Scottish castle is lovely, but not as gorgeous as Brigitte, who set new standards for French beauty. Although the story does not amount to much, there are lots of little touches to amuse anyone interested in French culture. For example, drinking milk is employed as a torture, while smoking and drinking are presented as healthy pastimes. In the most amazing scene, Brigitte (a real-life animal rights activist) not only pets her dog but also her fish! The standard video release of this film is in letterbox format with large yellow subtitles written across the black stripe at the bottom of the screen. The visibility of the words is so good that one wishes that the dialogue made more sense.

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