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L'enfant (2005)
Young delinquent couple struggle without hope.
This was a try at a warts and all realist drama in the mould of 'les valseuse' . The lead character Bruno is totally unbelievable, as a slightly too old and dumb criminal, who has apparently got to the age of at least 25 without learning anything at all about the conduct of life. I see what the directors are trying to get at, but the character lacks the requisite 'anger' at his situation and makes a series of unbelievable decisions, which lead to the inevitable conclusion. It seems this film is trying to portray a 'lost generation' of sociopathic youth, but is totally unbelievable. If you want to watch a far better film on the subject watch 'les valseuse' .
The London Nobody Knows (1968)
A documentation of London at the cusp of the changes that revolutionised London in the late 1960's
A brilliant and pretty obscure look at the flip side of swinging sixties London. Narrated by a rather sardonic and sometimes scathing James Mason, we are taken on a tour of the underbelly of London. The film is artfully edited and offers straight factual history with real life characters/ street performers/ vendors who seem very unaware of the camera. The documentary has extremely surreal and quite tragic scenes by turn and encapsulates a London undocumented in the media of the time. The film is too short and could easily have been extended to a series of particular areas of London. The film has occasional screenings in art-house cinemas and should be seen by anyone interested in the history of London and documentary makers.