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Great film, lousy ending. (spoilers)

posted 18 years ago by anak_d
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Am I the only one who thinks this film deserved a better ending?

The first hour was incredibly delicate and poetic, but the last moments just seemed to forced and cliché to me.

The wife throwing photographs at the husband then shooting him was just too soup opera, I guess.

Still, I'd rank this as probably my 3rd favorite Truffaut Film. (after Jules et Jim and 400 Blows)

[–] ajukoor 9 years ago

I think this 'lousy' ending (I personally love this) is somekind of 'French' thing. I'm quite new to Truffaut, but I have become the fan of Claude Chabrol (much lesser known nouvelle vague director), and he also made quite 'hitchcockian' films with totally abrupt endings that seemed forced.

I rank The Soft Skin my most favoriite Truffaut' film at the moment.