Set in a small Quebec town in the late-1920′s, this emotional drama follows the life and exploits of Celeste Beaumont, a talented young pianist who gains local celebrity at the town movie theater for her gifts as a silent film pianist. Awkward Pierre Blaudell is her biggest fan and eventually marries her. Shortly after this she bears his son, Pierre, who joins the army. She insists on joining him at the base and his meddlesome, snooty parents insist she give them her son. Pierre is killed in the war, and Celeste flees to New York where she finds steady employment as a jazz pianist. She finds a life-long companion with a black musician and chronicles her experiences in a diary that she passes on to her son after he grows up. Her son becomes a painter and once his own son, Antoine, is grown, reads him the story of Celeste, the youth’s grandmother. Intrigued, Antoine heads to the Big Apple in hopes of finding her.
This movie is an emotional drama about how Antoine, played beautifully by François Méthé, discovers the details of his heritage. This film won many awards in Canada and at Cannes in 1988. François Méthé, who was about 11-years-old, never acted again after this movie.
From IMDb:
A quiet painter, separated from his wife for a year, receives a suitcase in the mail from his mother, whom he hasn’t seen since infancy. He believes she abandoned him to his wealthy, paternal grandparents. The suitcase contains mementos and a diary, a long letter to him, written over the years, with details of her youth, her first job as a pianist at a cinema, the coming of talkies, her marriage, and how he came to live with his grandparents. As he reads through the materials and her story comes to life, his son Antoine, who’s about 10 or 12, tries to break through his father’s silence and sorrow by taking matters into his own hands.
1.贵在小成本单场景却依旧引人入胜，且层次丰富颇具质感；2.不足在剧情上还是有些牵强的点，比如头马杀死公子略显儿戏，以及老头自己录了磁带、伪装了信件、秘书姑娘的真实身份等；3.还是有野心的，留了很多续集的空间，比如老头前史、秘书前史、outfit等，甚至可以搞剧集；4.这个戏很像小人物，都是小切口的先怂后雄起的好电影。
音乐给力！老演员给力！反转给力！这电影有去年小人物那味了
我会把这种片子推荐给所有喜欢反转的朋友。但是在我看来，只是一种生硬的优秀的话剧剧本。
男主角演技太强了，演技感觉像天神下凡，就一个房间的故事好像都可以拍的很不错
好喜欢这种空间有限的全靠剧情不断反转的小成本戏。上次看到同类型的还是很多年前的《惊世狂花》。
整部影片就是在一个裁缝店发生，从开始到结束，所以剧本的故事和结构都要通过演员的台词、道具和表演去推进，挺成功的，剧本很扎实，虽然多少有点套路，但是是好看的，大家可以尝试观看。
这不就是一场话剧吗？弄几个反转，沉稳的叙述，脸谱化的黑帮。
单场景室内，挺精致的，想起了好多老电影，真的很喜欢这种好生讲故事的片，多多益善；结构和节奏虽然不算完美，好几处给到的点甚至有纰漏，但是演员魅力真的太强了，我爱裁缝，一举一动都是质感。“English Man，穿上西装，就是装一装Gentleman。”
好适合舞台化的剧本啊 节奏转折都卡的很好 全程都能吸引人 全员演技在线 近段时间难得有这么舒适爽快的观影体验了
有精致感的电影，真真假假之间马克里朗斯演技真是神了；在疫情期行业萎靡的电影小年里都可以锁定一个个人的年度十佳影片了。
男主的演技依旧在线。很有古早电影的那种舞台剧感，即使单一场景也不乏味。
没看过同类型电影的话，这片子很友好，不会有很重的隔离感
封闭空间的文戏让我中途睡着了一次，醒来发现剧情居然还觉接得上。反转再反转，最后发现都是男主早设计好的，年轻时也曾轻狂，社会人一个。不知道为啥男主能确定Francis 能把女主牵扯进来…逻辑没搞懂。
无论西装还是陷阱，无非是精巧地勾画设计加上精准地剪裁实施。单一场景内的环环相扣完成得不俗，但受限于视听调度和质感营造，没能带动出更大的叙事能量和情绪张力，Mark Rylance的演出可能是最大亮点所在。三星半
太厉害了，场景都没转，全靠台词衔接叙述。挺厉害挺厉害。
同样是裁缝，同样搞地下活动，如果《Kingsman》能拍成这样也比现在吃老本走下坡路强啊。全片被浓缩在一个小小的裁缝店，背叛、窃听、谋杀，一样不少，不过感觉反派们吃亏在“录音机”刚刚问世、尚未普及，不然这一计谋从一开始就要被拆穿。男主不慌不忙地下套、使绊，随机应变、信口开河的功夫确实了得，人生经历的设定也着实起伏，曾经的花臂大佬拿起了绣花针，但关键时候照样可以心狠手辣。
故事结构精巧，剧本非常好。反转有一部分猜到了。女主演技很灵。cutter最后那一剪刀真的很吓人，恶魔一样的神情和姿势！
总体不错，但是仔细推敲有一点上帝的感觉，主角光环太强烈，以至于配角像程序式地按照希望的剧情去发展。当作黑色幽默片来看还行，不太符合黑帮片的预期。
真的是 太！好！看！了！ 第一次看动作戏这么上头！都想再去电影院看一遍！孙锡久这个男人真的是太sexy了！妥妥的行走的男性荷尔蒙！2022我就认他一个！！
比老派黑帮还老派的低成本高智商反转电影，高超的编剧技巧和演技给人久违的眼前一亮的感觉，完美诠释了什么叫老谋深算。
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