Adrey Tautou against plays in a lightfooted, absurdistic comedy. ‘The froth of the days’ (international title “Mood Indigo”) is even weirder than the films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Well, maybe not weirder than each and every Jeunet, but certainly a lot less black. Another title of Gondry is “Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind“, also a weird film, but in a very different way.
“l’Écume Des Jours” starts with a series of completely weird scenes, strange findings and plays of script-writing; absurdistic and funny. We follow a wealthy young man, Collin, who has a wonderfull house where he dines with his friend Chick, aided by his cook Nicholas. There is no beginning to tell you the odd serial of events, but you sure have to have a heart for the completely strange. Collin wants to fall in love and finds the excellent candidate Chloé, played by Audrey Tautou. The two have a weird and wonderfull time until Chloé gets a strange decease. Trying to help his friend and his wife, Collin works himself into bankruptcy. The film looses its light touch.
Just like the only other film of Gondry that I saw so far, this is again an original piece of script-writing and a film that dangles between feel-good comedy and drama. A very nice film.
