Monday, March 10, 2008

Gabrielle

Jean Hervey's (Pascal Greggory) life is like a train with his family, work and friends chugging along in neat little compartments. The smooth running train abruptly gets derailed the day he discovers that his wife, Gabrielle (Isabelle Huppert) has left him for another man. Most of the film is an angry and remorseful argument about the affair. Even if the setting is changed from early 20th century bourgeois France, the trite and grating screenplay will still drive the viewer to despair.

Rating: *

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