Too much of everything

Masterful Movie

disgusting, overrated, pointless

Best movie ever!

it's very deadly and absolutely out of control. when you fall for a man or woman, it's just like a sudden addiction, the lust and passion, the sexual desire are so strong that all the existing relationship, families, kids...anything would suddenly meaningless. it's an incurable blindness and nothing can be reasoned or rationalized by logic. this film just told us such a crazy obsession so destructive and dangerous. when you fall for a man and woman so suddenly with such huge impact, the morality, faithfulness and loyalty to your old existing relationship will be suddenly bounced like a bad check, the existing old checking and saving bank accounts related and honored to that check seem to abruptly become empty or overdrawn. an affair, an adultery would be just like that person suddenly decides to open a brand new bank account to another banking system. a regularly taking care of bonsai is suddenly forgotten. we have seen so many cases like this in our daily lives, and so many movies also portrayed such incidents. and this film is a great example to show you how a normal woman suddenly lost her marbles and so mysteriously fell for another man without any obvious reasons. a very weird case but in the mean times, seems to be also so understandable.

I enjoyed several aspects to the film, Partir. The opening scene catches the audience's attention by showing two of the main characters and an unexplained gunshot. The entire film keeps you intrigued and on your toes wondering what will happen next all leading up to that mysterious gunshot from the beginning. The director, Catherine Corsini , was born and 1956 and is a French director and screenwriter. She has directed 15 films since 1982, her latest being Partir, and her most famous La repetition was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. One idea found in the film is the determination to find true love and happiness. Suzanne is unhappy with her husband and children and she falls for a man, Ivan, which she eventually will do anything for. Another important idea in the film is marital problems. Suzanne falls in love with another man, confesses her affair but finds out she can no longer love her husband regardless of the money and housing her husband had provided her. An aspect of the film I noticed was that there was barely any music. The silence between scenes and conversations created more suspense and wonderment. For example, the scene when Suzanne tells her husband about the affair is completely silent throughout the conversation, which causes to you really engage in the scene. A second aspect to the film I enjoyed was the symbolism of the two houses Suzanne is torn between. There is her husband's house that is large, spacious, and dark, whereas Ivan's home is small, but is bright and welcoming. I recommend this film if you enjoy drama, suspense, and unexpected twists.

Suzanne, the wife of Samuel, a French doctor, seems to have it all. Not being completely happy with her life, she decides to go back to work in the field of physiotherapy. For that purpose, the house in a suburb of Nimes, in Southern France, must be fixed so she can have her own space. The renovation is going to be done by a Spanish worker, Ivan, who knows what to do. Everything seems to be progressing well, but Suzanne is instrumental in an injury to Ivan. Feeling guilty about it, she volunteers to bring him to his home across the border, so he can see his daughter. Suzanne is taken with the atmospheric surrounding and suddenly she begins differently about the hired hand she employed. They begin a passionate love affair that destroys her marriage to Samuel, even at the expense of losing her two children. Suzanne, shows character when she confesses her love for Ivan to a husband that does not want to hear about her sexual relations to a man that he feels is not worthy of her. Suzanne, being English, shows a decent attitude by coming clean. Samuel, who wants to keep her, in spite of her having cheated on him, has a surprise coming because he did not think what a woman in love can do to get her way.Catherine Corsini gives this film a better production that probably was not in the screenplay by Gael Mace. She shows an affinity for making the viewer get involved in all that is happening, although sometimes it is hard for a woman in Suzanne's position to throw everything away in exchange for an uncertain life with a man that is obviously not in her same class. Ah, well, it all for the sake of love. Ms. Corsini shows good judgment in trusting cinematographer Agnes Godard to work wonders with the magical light of Southern France.The main attraction for watching "Leaving" is Kristin Scott Thomas, a versatile actress that has been working a lot in France. One cannot blame her when she gets juicier parts like her Suzanne in this movie. Wonderful Sergi Lopez plays another one of his hunks. His Ivan shows he is a decent man that has fallen for the forbidden woman out of his league. Yvan Attal plays Samuel, the deceived husband.

This is a movie that stays with you for a long time after viewing. The acting is extraordinary, the attraction between the two main characters palpable, the photography and sceneries beautiful. I really don't see why so much negative criticism is directed toward the plot. Passion has existed since time beginning and this is what this movie is all about, an uncontrollable, all consuming passion, which is made very believable by the wonderful.Kristin Scott Thomas. Sergi López is perfect as the lover, passionate, tender and vulnerable. If you are looking for the reason why Suzanne falls in love with him, those are the main reasons, besides the fact that he is obviously good looking. I enjoyed the movie tremendously. Every scene was essential to the plot, no gratuitous sex scenes here. And the style was elegant, as only the French know how to do.