Gerard Depardieu, who used to project a
vital manly image as a young romantic actor, has lost none of
his appeal and art as one of the cinema’s great, even as many of
us he has grown old and hefty, in his portrayal of 60-year-old
Serge in quest of his pension. He gets fine support from his
co-actors Yolande Moreau, Benoit Poelvoorde, Anna Mouglalis and
Isabelle Adjani.
That’s the subject of his film, Mammuth,
(the name of his motorbike) at the recent Cinefranco 2011 Film
Festival now held at the new Tiff Bell Lightbox.
Serge is pensioned off but cannot collect
because he’s missing documents from past jobs. His wife
suggests, strongly, indeed, he go get these missing papers
instead of hanging around the house and getting underfoot so he
sets out on his trusty 1970 motorbike, Mammouth, and has various
encounters with his past. Some are vexatious, some are hilarious
and some deeply satisfying as if a man is presented with a
synopsis of his whole life and has to consider his many past
mistakes and a few wise things he committed, even accidentally.
In the course of these transactions Serge
is at first confused, even shocked, but when the smokes clears
he begins to summarize his life and comes to a deeper
understanding of what he is all about and grows up. In the end
he gives up his beloved motorbike and returns to a wife he now
realizes he loves deeply.
Lucile de Saint-Andre reports about film
festivals, art, entertainment, museum, exhibitions & travel. She writes
her own reviews. She is a successful
writer with published books.
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