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What War May Bring is the explosive story of war-torn Europe through the eyes of the beautiful and enigmatic Ilva and two American soldiers, featuring dramatic battle sequences and epic Normandy landing scenes. As France struggles to cope with the German occupation and the battles across the continent get ever more bloody, Ilva betrays her resistance roots and becomes the mistress of a commanding Nazi officer, bringing about terrible consequences for those closest to her. In the company of the liberating American troops, Ilva begins to re-build her life but ultimately they must all face the toughest of decisions, with only honour and courage to save them.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Making Of, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: ***ATTENTION***Audio - mix of French/German/English***Subtitles - English***What War May Bring is the explosive story of war-torn Europe through the eyes of the beautiful and enigmatic Ilva and two American soldiers, featuring dramatic battle sequences and epic Normandy landing scenes. As France struggles to cope with the German occupation and the battles across the continent get ever more bloody, Ilva betrays her resistance roots and becomes the mistress of a commanding Nazi officer, bringing about terrible consequences for those closest to her. In the company of the liberating American troops, Ilva begins to re-build her life but ultimately they must all face the toughest of decisions, with only honour and courage to save them. ...What War May Bring (2010) ( Ces amours-là ) ( What Love May Bring )
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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If you are being guided by the front of the DVD cover for this film, then ignore the bottom half, because apart from a couple of pretty tame scenes there is very little action in it, except of the romantic sort highlighted in the top half. This film is all about relationships and character development, at which it succeeds pretty well. It follows the life and loves of a young cinema usher, played quite brilliantly by Audrey Dana, during the upheaval of the German occupation of France during World War Two. Dana certainly has a few loves and is unusually liberated even for a French woman, given that more innocent era. Yes I know, some had fun even then! She happily jumps into bed with two men, and then decides, like you do, to toss a coin for which one to marry. An unusual marriage arrangement to say the least! Her decision to have an affair with a German officer turns out to be an unwise one. The film carries many strands which can be confusing at times, but which do come neatly together by the end. It was ten years in production, and the director Claude Lelouch has clearly put much time and energy into this very personal project.
There is much to admire in the film beside the delightfully exuberant Dana. The musical score is simply superb, with some richly evocative French music of the period. Like the Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore, LeLouch was also clearly besotted by the cinema of the period, which is never far away in the film. There is a memorable scene where the German officer plays La Marseillaise, on what to use a technical term, looked an engorged mouth organ in the Nazi headquarters, and another surreal one where the cast members do a song and dance routine near the end. Lelouche has been accused of self indulgence by some critics and they do have a point. At the start of the film we are informed that the director has made 43 films, and at the end we are shown clips from what seemed to be all of them. It is as if the director is trying to vindicate his lifes work to anyone willing to watch, also indicating to us that this may be his last film. John Wayne's last film "The Shootist" also showed a number of clips from his past films as homage to his screen legend. Other directors have already made semi autobiographical films. Tornatore's own recent "Baaria", about his Sicilian childhood was an expensive piece of bland reminiscing. That director's love of cinema was showcased in his sentimental "Cinema Paradiso", with an unforgettable sequence of famous screen kisses. A sequence that happens to be an all time favourite of mine! Frederico Fellini's thoughtful "Amarcord" was a more mature work. This film falls somewhere in between these two films. At times it is too clever for its own good, but as a character study it kept me involved and got better as it progressed. 3.7 stars rounded up to a generous 4.
There is much to admire in the film beside the delightfully exuberant Dana. The musical score is simply superb, with some richly evocative French music of the period. Like the Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore, LeLouch was also clearly besotted by the cinema of the period, which is never far away in the film. There is a memorable scene where the German officer plays La Marseillaise, on what to use a technical term, looked an engorged mouth organ in the Nazi headquarters, and another surreal one where the cast members do a song and dance routine near the end. Lelouche has been accused of self indulgence by some critics and they do have a point. At the start of the film we are informed that the director has made 43 films, and at the end we are shown clips from what seemed to be all of them. It is as if the director is trying to vindicate his lifes work to anyone willing to watch, also indicating to us that this may be his last film. John Wayne's last film "The Shootist" also showed a number of clips from his past films as homage to his screen legend. Other directors have already made semi autobiographical films. Tornatore's own recent "Baaria", about his Sicilian childhood was an expensive piece of bland reminiscing. That director's love of cinema was showcased in his sentimental "Cinema Paradiso", with an unforgettable sequence of famous screen kisses. A sequence that happens to be an all time favourite of mine! Frederico Fellini's thoughtful "Amarcord" was a more mature work. This film falls somewhere in between these two films. At times it is too clever for its own good, but as a character study it kept me involved and got better as it progressed. 3.7 stars rounded up to a generous 4.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This is rumoured to be the last film by renowned (and oft criticised) French film director Claude Lelouch. The original title is `Ces amours-la' or `What love may bring'. It may be cynical of me, but the new title seems to be an attempt to sell this as a war film, which it really is not. It is a character based drama which happens to have World War II France as its setting. It is also a film about choices, guilt, obsession, betrayal and love.
The basic synopsis is that a Cinema usher Ilve Lemoine (Audrey Dana) seems to fall in love at the proverbial drop of a hat, as this is the 1940's there were considerably more hats around than the present day, which she seems to take full advantage of.
It starts with a Nazi officer and then sort of rollercoasts from there. Music and cinema are at the heart of everything in this and the score is sumptuous. She invariably falls for different men and do not get me wrong you can tell that she is seriously in love. Her romances are told against the changing backdrop of the War as she then gets involved with the liberating Americans. The story of the French Jews who were deported to Auschwitz also comes into play and intertwines her fate with theirs. The questions of state or self are left for us to decide as well as many other conscience choices.
There is some action including a montage of the Normandy landings, but please do not be fooled by the title or indeed the cover, except the snogging bit.
Lelouch has been criticised for his use of his past work in clips and as backdrop throughout the film. The cry is that he is making a semi documentary of his past work which detracts from the film. I did not get that at all, and actually found the entire film to be a work of love and art, I was swept away by it. It is a two hour film which just melted past and the language was effortless, it is in French, German and English with good subtitles with the ever present non literal translation. If you want a war film then best to avoid, if you want sumptuous drama with a great attention to detail (it was in production for ten years) then you really can not go wrong. I sincerely hope this is not the last film from the Oscar winner that is Claude Lelouch - marvellous.
The basic synopsis is that a Cinema usher Ilve Lemoine (Audrey Dana) seems to fall in love at the proverbial drop of a hat, as this is the 1940's there were considerably more hats around than the present day, which she seems to take full advantage of.
It starts with a Nazi officer and then sort of rollercoasts from there. Music and cinema are at the heart of everything in this and the score is sumptuous. She invariably falls for different men and do not get me wrong you can tell that she is seriously in love. Her romances are told against the changing backdrop of the War as she then gets involved with the liberating Americans. The story of the French Jews who were deported to Auschwitz also comes into play and intertwines her fate with theirs. The questions of state or self are left for us to decide as well as many other conscience choices.
There is some action including a montage of the Normandy landings, but please do not be fooled by the title or indeed the cover, except the snogging bit.
Lelouch has been criticised for his use of his past work in clips and as backdrop throughout the film. The cry is that he is making a semi documentary of his past work which detracts from the film. I did not get that at all, and actually found the entire film to be a work of love and art, I was swept away by it. It is a two hour film which just melted past and the language was effortless, it is in French, German and English with good subtitles with the ever present non literal translation. If you want a war film then best to avoid, if you want sumptuous drama with a great attention to detail (it was in production for ten years) then you really can not go wrong. I sincerely hope this is not the last film from the Oscar winner that is Claude Lelouch - marvellous.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This was a most unusual film, especially for one purporting to be a 'war' film. In reality it is a movie about a French bird and the men she loves - with often fatal consequences for the men who fall for her pretty eyes. I found the first 30 minutes to be a tad confusing, and the constant bursts of music were a distraction for me from the story itself. However, the rich dramatic twists and turns more than made up for this. My wife told me after watching it that "only the French could make a war film like that" and I think she has a point. The limited action scenes, for me, did not feel authentic but the central story of the plot ensured that I stayed with it until the end. All in all this is a film that will appeal to people who like human interest stories rather than rat-a-tat action.
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