MARIUS ET JEANNETTE

ROBERT GUEDIGUIAN

MARIUS ET JEANNETTE

(Robert Guediguian, Francia, 1998, 105 min.)

Men touch each other with blows. An energetic duo about masculine construction. A deconstruction of the contemporary virile behaviour, acclaimed by some and questioned by many. CLINCH in boxing is the moment in which the two boxers hug and block each other until the referee separates them. This movement is about getting as close as possible to your rival to protect yourself from their attack. CLINCH exposes the most toxic masculinity, established in the competition, the denial and the confrontation to all that is different. Furthermore, the denial of feelings, excluding rage or fury, that must be demonstrated through the exercise of violence.

Marius y Jeannette, dos cuarentones que malviven en un miserable barrio de Marsella, comparten un pesimista escepticismo ante la vida, que los ha tratado muy duramente. Él pasea su cojera por la abandonada cementera de la que es vigilante. Ella lucha por sacar adelante a sus dos hijos, de distintos padres, con su miserable trabajo de cajera de supermercado. El inesperado encuentro y romance de estos dos perdedores hará que recuperen la alegría de vivir y las ganas de luchar, que contagiarán a sus singulares vecinos. (FILMAFFINITY)

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