zionforsell
I love this movie. As usual of a French movie, it contains a minimal amount of dialogs. The viewer needs to pay attention to their gesture of emotion, not simply hearing it from the dialog. Hollywood movies are too obvious when it tells everything and leave no spot for viewer to interpret. But if you love a movie that's artsy, it's for you! Gaspard Ulliel is brilliant. Bert is excellent too! She really carries on the story well. But Gaspard shines in the role of the upbeat, mysterious teenager. He still maintains that mystery about the character even to the end. THe movie sets in a wonderfully preserved place and sometimes I watch it just to see how beautiful nature is. Essentially, this movie is not about a war, but about human relationships being put into an intimate situation!
George Parker
"Strayed" is a film which examines the relationship which develops between a displaced war widow, Odile, who is fleeing Paris with her two children during WWII and an inscrutable 17 year old boy, Yvan, who seems too much at home in the forest where the woman finds herself stranded. As the four set up house-keeping in a secluded abandoned home and the film follows their day to day activities with the rumbling of war in the distance, it becomes increasingly apparent that there is something more than just desperation and the mutual need to survive drawing Odile and Yvan together. In typical French fashion, "Strayed" ignores the excitement and adventure to be found in war torn France to study the nuances of the unusual and unrelenting relationship between the two unlikely refugees making it a good watch for those into French people flicks. (B)
lefthandedchick
The film was no less the almost perfect! The casting on the director's (Andrea) part was awesome!! I thought that it was an interesting and intelligent movie, and me, not being too good in French because i have only had 5 years, understood a lot of it which made it even more interesting! Anyways, Grég was an awesome actor...and his singing voice was amazing as well. Clémence did a great job even though she was so young and the older actors was good as well. I recommend this film to everyone who enjoys a nice romantic/war movie (over the age of 17, or allowed to watch R rated movies because of showy scenes, but other then that its totally painless to watch).
emeless
A powerfully suspenseful film about how war tears lives apart, nearly destroys them, and then, amazingly, forces them to survive together. Set in gorgeous French countryside, beautifully acted and magically tense, the film is a strong reminder of man's beastial treatment of fellow humans. Redemption occurs while limited and lustful love develop. The point is in the mystery of people's behavior and its unpredictability. The lead actors, Beart and Ulliel are outstanding and memorable. As you might surmise from the opening scenes of wartime refugees in France, this is not a set up for a happy ending. But it is a profound story and a moving experience.
AD
