AR: It's my late-career and I'll do whatever the hell I want!Alain Resnais who, for the last act of his three-act directing career, chose to attack the barricades between the arts of the theater and of cinema by simply ignoring them. And what better way to be post-modern than to film a wink-wink-nudge-nudge-say-no-more operetta from the twenties whose entire raison d'être appears to be trashing the fourth wall?For an intellectual exercise, this is an incredibly enjoyable two hours.César Awards, Every Best Picture Nominee
