The darn third year
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The darn third year |
| Original title | L'amour dure trois ans |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Frédéric Beigbeder |
| script | Frédéric Beigbeder, Christophe Turpin , Gilles Verdiani |
| production |
Michael Gentile , Alain Kruger , Genevieve Lemal , David Pierret |
| music | Martin Rappeneau |
| camera | Yves Cape |
| cut | Stan Collet |
| occupation | |
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The darn 3rd year (original title: L'amour dure trois ans ) is a French feature film from 2012 and the directorial debut of the author Frédéric Beigbeder .
action
The divorce from his wife Anne throws the literary critic and gossip columnist Marc Marronnier into a crisis in which he attempts suicide . He concludes that love does not last more than three years. He writes down his theses in a 200-page manuscript that he sends to various publishers. After a few refusals, the publisher Francesca Vernesi agreed to publish the book under the title Love lasts three years . Since Marc wants to remain anonymous, the book appears under a pseudonym .
At a funeral he meets Alice, his cousin Antoine's wife . Since they both like the song The Windmills of Your Mind by Michel Legrand , a longer conversation ensues. Alice, who works as a photographer for Vogue magazine , later meets with Marc on Place Dauphine and they start a secret relationship. During a trip to the Basque Country , Marc directs the conversation to his book. When Alice judges the book negatively, Marc decides not to identify himself as the author. After the trip, Alice leaves her husband and moves in with Marc.
When Marc's book was awarded the Prix de Flore literary prize, Francesca Vernesi - contrary to Marc's wishes - announced his authorship. Alice finds out about this through a TV report and is very disappointed with Marc's attitude towards love. She leaves him and goes back to Antoine.
Marc is very depressed. He tries to win Alice back for himself and proposes to her during a live TV broadcast, but she ignores his contacts. His publisher offers him to go to Australia to work on a new book. Meanwhile, Marc starts a documentary on the subject of love and interviews the writers Pascal Bruckner , Alain Finkielkraut and Paul Nizon , among others .
When he shows a draft of the film to his friend Jean-Georges, he tells him that he wants to marry his surf instructor Steve and that Marc should be his best man . Jean-Georges also sends Alice an invitation and writes that Marc is thinking of going to Australia. On the day of the wedding, Alice and Antoine are watching the film Thomas Crown is unbelievable . When the song The Windmills of Your Mind plays , she remembers the time with Marc and spontaneously travels to the wedding ceremony. As a surprise for the bride and groom, Marc organized a performance by Michel Legrand there. When he plays the song The Windmills of Your Mind , Marc and Alice get closer again and discuss whether Marc's theories are still valid.
Reviews
The newspaper Le Parisien wrote: "A comedy that will still be fondly remembered in three years."
Anne-Katrin Müller commented in Kunst + Film : "A romantic comedy with the simplest of knitting patterns - for a change not in the US college or housewife milieu, but from the vanity fair of the Parisian literary industry."
Eckhard Haschen said in the daily newspaper : “Of course, Beigbeder also insists on pulling the literary business, to which he himself belongs, through the cocoa. [...] How honest Beigbeder's self-deprecating refractions are really meant, of course, everyone has to decide for themselves in the end. "
The lexicon of international films wrote: “A comedy that oscillates between superficiality and originality about the impossibility of love. The director is clearly influenced by the neurotic thoughtfulness and ironic self-doubt of Woody Allen. "
Web links
- The damn third year in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The darn 3rd year in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for the darn 3rd year . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2012 (PDF; test number: 133 071 K).
- ^ "L'amour dure trois ans": un charme irrésistible. Le Parisien, January 18, 2012, accessed April 17, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Anne-Katrin Müller: The darned third year. Kunst + Film, July 20, 2012, accessed April 17, 2014 .
- ↑ The half-life of love. TAZ, July 19, 2012, accessed April 17, 2014 .
- ↑ The darn third year. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 17, 2014 .