i saw this on a whim at BAM in september & was delighted by it’s combination of noir/french new wave/comedy . it’s truffaut so i don’t know how niche it is but i was taken aback but just how funny & sincere & sad it all was combined with the slightly surrealistic qualities of the script & line deliveries . a zippy 81 minutes of tragicomic misadventure & set in winter so perfect for the season !
not sure if it can well and truly be called a french new wave film for a lot of reasons (not quite french, not released in precisely the right time period, etc.) but i think a good entry point to the kind of surrealist, vibes-oriented as opposed to narrative-oriented filmmaking that "foreign films" (especially European) tend to evoke / get clowned for in American media it's funny, it's bizarre, it has something to say but you might need a couple watches to get it (at least i did)
