A Man and A Woman (2016)

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«A Man And A Woman» n’était probablement pas le meilleur choix pour moi, vu son sujet : l’adultère. C’est un thème avec lequel j’ai toujours eu du mal, n’arrivant pas à faire abstraction du fait que, malgré tout, des personnes en souffrent. Mais j’étais tout de même curieuse de découvrir ce film. On y suit deux personnages, un homme et une femme, qui trouvent du réconfort dans les bras l’un de l’autre, loin de la tristesse et des difficultés de leurs vies respectives. Avec une ambiance lente et mélancolique, ponctué de moments intimes et sensuels, le film dépeint une romance plus réaliste, où les obligations de la vie entrent parfois en conflit avec les sentiments. Ce n’est pas un de mes films préférés, je l’avoue, et je m’y attendais un peu, étant donné le sujet. Mais il ne manque pas de charme et d’émotion. Je suis certaine qu’il saura plaire davantage à d’autres.

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Given the shady subject matter of the movie, there were only a few possibilities that the movie would have to progress. One would be to show how it is never too late to find true love which will eventually help you conquer all the obstacles in its path. The other would be a tale of secret rendezvous, perhaps an abusive husband/neglectful wife and eventual murder of either the problematic spouses or our protagonists.
What I got, however, was a very real story of broken individuals with difficult family lives who deal with very believable and relatable situations just trying to figure things out as best they can. There is no antagonist in this piece other than life itself.
In the first half of the movie, we see Jeon Do-Yeon playing a very stoic mother of a mentally handicapped boy who we later learn seems to be the glue that is holding her marriage together. Once she is back on home ground, however, we see her in a different light as she is successfully running her family fashion line and seems more confident that she was in Finland. The moral conflict caused by the affair is more apparent in her character and she portrays the hesitation very well.
Gong Yoo’s character is one that pleasantly surprised me here. Granted I am biased with all matters Yoo, however he lost points when choosing to depict an adulterous father of a depressed child and mentally unstable wife. This role portrayed by any other actor would have come across as sleazy and stalker-ish but with him there is an innocence and vulnerability that oddly makes you root for him and the couple.
Finland itself seems to be a character in the movie as it visually depicts the isolation felt by our protagonists as well as the lack of any warmth in their current relationships. I could go on about the symbolic significance of the sauna in the woods, the hotel suites where our couple has their trist or their train ride in the second half of the movie but that would take forever.
If you are looking for a bubbly romance or are watching with boxes of tissue ready at hand, then this may not be the one for you. If however, you want to see the world from an alternative point of view or just really feel something down to your soul, then I highly recommend this movie.

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