While Eric Rohmer’s recent death served as a reminder of the weight of time resting upon the French New Wave’s filmmakers, some of its members are still going quite strong. I have been pretty excited for Alain Resnais’ new film, Wild Grass, ever since the first reviews of it that trickled out of Cannes. Along with being an inspiring sign of the 87 year-old legend’s continuing energy and reports that it’s his best film in years, its premise also has me very interested. Being a tale of romantic longing centered around a lost red wallet, it is apparently filled with quirk, whimsy and warmth. Plus, every still I have seen for this film looks absolutely gorgeous, capturing an amazingly vibrant yet soft palette of pastel colors. With its premise and visual scheme, it vaguely sounds like a more subdued cousin to Amélie, but there’ll be no way of knowing what it’s really like until it’s given a wider release.
That chance might arrive sometime this summer (for Canadians, at least), as the Cineplex website has its release date down as June 25th. Until then, though, here are three teasers I found online for it. Not being fluent in French, I don’t exactly know what all the dialogue means, but they seem to involve Edouard Baer (who is the film’s narrator) attempting (somewhat unsuccessfully) to talk with various guests about Resnais’ upcoming film. Regardless of language, the teasers’ oddball tone is communicated quite clearly, hopefully giving us an accurate taste of things to come in the film itself.
Embedding for the teasers has been disabled, but you can view them at the following links tucked under the seat:
(4/5)
