An anthology film made up of five segments, each dealing with early adulthood love. As I like to do with most anthology films, I'll review each one by one.
Antoine and Colette
Directed by François Truffaut
Rating: 7/10
I'd seen this one before without realizing it was part of an anthology film. It's a solid sequel (of sorts) to The 400 Blows.
Warsaw
Directed by Andrzej Wajda
Rating: 6.5/10
This one's odd. It starts with a man pulling off a daring rescue at a zoo, then there's suddenly a party, and then suddenly we're dealing with PTSD. It's strange and uneven, but compelling.
Rome
Directed by Renzo Rossellini
Rating: 4/10
A boring melodrama about an older woman confronting her man's mistress. It's the shortest and easily the most disposable of the lot.
Tokyo
Directed by Shintaro Ishihara
Rating: 6/10
Outdoes Warsaw to become the strangest film of the entire anthology. It's more about obsession and stalking than love in the traditional sense, but I appreciated how different it was from the others here. I don't think it came together into something great, but it adds value to the overall film.
Munich
Directed by Marcel Ophüls
Rating: 6/10
I was only familiar with Marcel Ophüls as a director of long and very serious documentaries, so the idea of seeing a short film about romance by him was intriguing. Munich was just okay though, but at least it didn't drag things down like the Rome segment (interestingly, both Rome and Munich were directed by sons of famous directors; Roberto Rossellini and Max Ophüls respectively).
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