Really weird French remake of _The Suite Life of Zack & Cody_.

Weird, well-written character-driven dark comedy.

In one building they have a special food supply system.

What a truly bizzare film. Zack and Cody before their time.

One of those films that has a great setting and a beautiful visual style but just doesn't add up as a full feature.
I didn't love it as Lost Children, from the same filmmaker, but I see the potential to revisit it and maybe change my mind.

The bed spring is an amazing character :joy:

Looks good. Really good. The story idea itself is brilliant. Sadly it's never fully utilised and remains that initial idea. It's such a tiny world and with that you really need intensity from the characters or to find some real depth in them. I didn't think these characters did that after a while. The comedy comes in the form of jolly /silly scenes which felt too different (perhaps dated) to the rest of the movie for me. I wish it had just stuck to being dark in tone instead of a mixture of things. By the time youve invested into one atmosphere up pops another, so i never really felt as immersed as id liked. The plot structure was sometimes witty and sometimes incredibly simple. Sometimes the simplicity had a good impact and at other times it was just boring. The story became nothing new. It wasn't stimulating enough in its events.

Not a bad movie but it didn't win me over.

Decided to rent this one on VUDU after a friend told me of it being "artsy", and definitely is pretty artsy. I like the visual style: the tilted camera angles, the choice of colors, transitions and close-up shots which reminded me of the cinematography in films like _Jacob's Ladder_ (1990), _Dead Alive_ (1990), _12 Monkeys_ (1995), and _Babe_ (1995). The characters are strange and interesting. It all takes place in a post-apocalyptic France in this one small apartment building where the landowner sells human delicacy. Mademoiselle Plusse, played by Karin Viard, is such a hottie in this. It has a few comical moments here and there with the rhythmic music, and ends with a triumphant love story. I might pick this up on Blu-ray someday.

Level "Excellent" • 8 :heart: • Recommended.

I love french films and this is one of my favorites.

This movie has a weird relationship with both colo(u)r and rhythm. Scene's are either 'set' to a specific colorscheme, or somehow based around rhythm, sometimes subtly hid in movement. This movie has a 'weird', period. Very arthouse-y, beautifully made. I feel it, on occasion, prefers symbolism over storytelling to the detriment of the story itself. That being said: The story that IS there is mainly used to give rise to absurdist situations, some dark humor, a complete portmanteau of oddity wrapped in a small tale of a postapocalyptic butchershop. This may be a love-it-or-loathe-it for most, but I enjoyed it. Not overly 'French', artsy without being pretentious, just long enough to retain your attention. Recommended!