Movie Review Moon In The Gutter

The moon in the gutter.

Movie review moon in the gutter.

After his art house crossover hit debut feature diva jean jacques beineix followed it up with the moon in the gutter a noirish fantasy that was mostly eviscerated by critics following its 1983 cannes debut. The moon is not in the sky it is in the gutter and there it is strangely beautiful reflecting another world that is unobtainable all surface threatening and like a model on a hill. Powered by justwatch the moon in the gutter is a sumptuous dazzlingly photographed melodrama that becomes alas relentlessly boring. La lune dans le caniveau original title r 2h 17min drama 18 may 1983 france he is a revenge obssessed stevedore whose sister was brutally raped and murdered.

The movie takes place mostly in a lower class neighbourhood or at the docks where gerard gerard depardieu works and focuses on the women in his life including his tigress girlfriend bella victoria abril as he tries to make sense of his sister s death. She is a wealthy elusive woman. Where diva overpowered with bright romanticism moon in the gutter stuns with obsession. The moon in the gutter 1983 is directed by jean jacques beineix diva betty blue.

The moon in the gutter is a sumptuous dazzlingly photographed melodrama that becomes alas relentlessly boring. The script is often embarrassingly indulgent but for every failed line action and camera swirl there. 5 10 typical early 80 s french movie msultan 6 january 2004. Audience reviews for the moon in the gutter oct 02 2011 a visually arresting delightfully atmospheric and erotically infused trance dream vision and nightmare.