love a cinema genius who is also a theater kid at heart. I see those Brechtian devices to puncture and expand the achingly emotional storytelling! Also, as in THE LAND, Chahine proves himself master of the astonishing shot which evokes the film’s title!
feels like Maurice genuinely gets the wind knocked out of him by Jeanette, who also genuinely gets hurt by Maurice… the champagne flows, but then it’s hard to see the light through the hangover… also GAGS
the utopian bliss of beautiful boys changing costumes and going to parties