Simply Perfect

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Loved it. I'm not in the industry so my review is coming from an indie film lover.Although I agree the male character was annoying at times, I found it to fit with the storyline. He was playing a struggling writer from America after all and who says it means he has to appear Harvard educated in leather loafers?I found the gypsy lady's character off -- not sure what it was, just off somehow. Otherwise, I felt everyone fit in perfectly.I adored the leading lady and have now become a fan. I will look for other films she is in.The ending made me sad, but I liked that. It would have come off too Hollywood (and would have been too easy in my opinion) to give it a happy ending. Frankly, I didn't expect for it to end the way it did so as sad as I was, it shocked me and left me thinking.What a beautiful story, well-directed and perfectly acted. Well done! I'll be watching for all your work now.

This is a love story about two broken people (Michael stated that all people are broken)trying to find repair (salvation, redemption, purpose, etc.) through love. However, the damages that Michael and Sophie bring into the relationship makes it difficult for them to develop a relationship. Michael is a masochist and Sophie is a dominatrix by profession who caters to masochistic men. You would thus think they were soul mates. However, Sophie only role plays her sadistic posture in her work and is not truly a dominatrix personally. Michael is a failure with many redeeming qualities and his masochism mollifies his failures and subsequent depression. Both enter the relationship hiding something from each other, and this serves as an invisible barrier to their love. For the first time in her life, Sophie overcomes her anxiety over intimate love and finds herself falling in love, following Michael's lead in his dependent need for her.However, Michael reveals himself as a pathetic failure who deceived her and she leaves him with disastrous consequences.The movie's ending is disappointing since the potential for developing a love relationship could have been actualized with time and proper honest communication.The movie is extremely well done in all aspects except the ending. The ending could have easily been revised in different ways to make a fulfilling story.Manuel Bonnet as Michael and Lizzie Brocheré as Sophie were both superb. For me, Brocheré's performance ranks with that of Giulietta Massina in "La Strada" as one of the best female performances.

Being a fan of Eric Schaeffer movie since (If Lucy Fell).I never know what to expect with his movies. So I wasn't disappointed with charmingly bitter sweet and very edgy movie. We see Michael Shiver character from his Eric's movie Fall. Many years later and thousands of dollars in debt.Michael ends up in lovely Paris (which the city is a character all on it's own).Where he on a path getting his life back on track. But his inner masochistic demons tend to show up and make it impossible to have the love his so wants. He meets a complicatedly distant Parisian women and here ensues the dark and edgy love story. Eric's performance is raw and gritty.He has honest approach to love and life with his writing. And sheds light on misunderstood world of BDSM and what motivates someone to delve into that so recklessly. A not your run of the mill love story and it will stick with you for a long time after you watch it.

This film is dark and very honest and it moved me very much. I have been a long time fan of Fall, which now seems like a trip to the candy store after getting my heart broken in After Fall, Winter. You can see the years and growth from the director in this one and it is a sadly beautiful look at one's life and how we all hold a lot of pain within ourselves and we should actually share this and be honest about it. It is beautifully shot in Paris, which, like New York always seems to look good on film. There are a great deal of movies filled with fluff, but this movie just gets right to the point. With life and love, things are not always pretty and quite difficult. We can learn something about ourselves in this one. It's romantic, it's brutal, go see this film.