Movie Review Moon In The Gutter

The moon in the gutter is a sumptuous dazzlingly photographed melodrama that becomes alas relentlessly boring.

Movie review moon in the gutter.

The script is often embarrassingly indulgent but for every failed line action and camera swirl there. Where diva overpowered with bright romanticism moon in the gutter stuns with obsession. La lune dans le caniveau original title r 2h 17min drama 18 may 1983 france he is a revenge obssessed stevedore whose sister was brutally raped and murdered. The moon in the gutter 1983 is directed by jean jacques beineix diva betty blue.

Powered by justwatch the moon in the gutter is a sumptuous dazzlingly photographed melodrama that becomes alas relentlessly boring. 5 10 typical early 80 s french movie msultan 6 january 2004. Although it has gone on to become something of a cult item i think it s safe to say the doubters were right about this one. After his art house crossover hit debut feature diva jean jacques beineix followed it up with the moon in the gutter a noirish fantasy that was mostly eviscerated by critics following its 1983 cannes debut.

The movie takes place mostly in a lower class neighbourhood or at the docks where gerard gerard depardieu works and focuses on the women in his life including his tigress girlfriend bella victoria abril as he tries to make sense of his sister s death. The moon in the gutter. The moon is not in the sky it is in the gutter and there it is strangely beautiful reflecting another world that is unobtainable all surface threatening and like a model on a hill. Full review original score.