
Polish countess Elena falls in love to a French radical party's candidate, a general, in pre-World War I Paris, but another officer pines for her.... (Full plot summary below)
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Polish countess Elena falls in love to a French radical party's candidate, a general, in pre-World War I Paris, but another officer pines for her.
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| Senses of CinemaMatthew Sorrento[R}eminds us of Renoir's complexity in even his "simpler" works. |
| Chicago ReaderPat GrahamThe film is ravishing to look at (with Ingrid Bergman radiant at its center), and its mid-80s 35-millimeter restoration is a sumptuous treat indeed. |
| AV ClubScott TobiasBergman's signature elegance remains the only enduring element of Renoir's light-hearted confection. |
| DVDJournal.comMark Bourne...there's something to be said for Renoir's universe in which governments can turn on the question of who gets to bed Ingrid Bergman. |
| User ReviewAlaine BRenoir's early-late-period prism-/summary-work is another masterpiece colored outside the lines. |
| User ReviewBruce BA Full 5 Stars, I seldom do that. This is Movie from the Criterion Collection, like most movies from this collection its outstanding. Its in French with English Subtitles. Its easy to see that Ingrid Bergman was both beautiful and talented. We really don't see that in Female actors today, They are hot for a while but there flame burns out quickly. Back in the Day and Actor or Actress was just that. |
| User ReviewGreg WDelirious chaos surrounds Ingrid Bergman as she uses her erotic wiles to convince a popular general to let people power support him in a coup d'etat. Renoir echoes his own Rules of the Game (although this is a trifle or a truffle compared to that). Every scene seems to contain people crashing into each other and the state of madness reminded me of Preston Sturges. But in the end, this is definitely French and true love wins out over all. |
| User ReviewWill MBadly paced, stiffly acted. There are plenty of nice moments, but the feel is decidedly artificial -- and not in a way that commands artifice. Bergman, though beautiful and poised, seems like she's on qualudes. The drunken parade scene is the most charming bit. |
| User ReviewMartin TThough there are certain parallels to The Rules of the Game, this is not as substantial a film. The humor is sufficiently amusing, the plot is sufficiently entertaining, the Technicolor is sufficiently lovely... but no more than that. It's easy to watch, and easy to forget. Even Ingrid Bergman seems to be pretty much phoning it in. It's, you know... A Movie. Not bad, but hard to imagine on anyone's top 10 list, or even top 100. |
| User ReviewRichard DIngrid Bergman was a treasure, stunningly beautiful and an amazing actress. Elena et les hommes is very well made, funny, and worth watching. But there's no chemistry between our major players, and the whole is somehow less fulfilling that its parts, and ends up enjoyable but ultimately forgettable. |