Customer Reviews
A good film nearly undone by one atrocious performance - By: Trevor Willsmer, 20 Jul 2005 
Va Savoir is one of those films I might have liked a lot more had it featured a different leading lady, but Jeanne Balibar's listless & affected performance - like some hyperactive simpleton doped up to the eyeballls going through their full repertoire of irritating mannerisms in extreme slow motion - sucked the life out of every scene she's in. What's more, she's horribly overindulged by director Jacques Rivette, whose pacing often seems to take her lead & drags scenes out far beyond their natural lifespan just so she can slowly, dreamily roll her eyes up heavenward while smiling like an idiot another three times for no discernible reason. While a certain degree of affectation might have suited the character, this is in the realms of the absurd, which is a shame, because the rest of the cast are excellent & the film has a lot going for it whenever she's off-screen. The ending in particular, where the various characters find themselves on stage as the plots & possibilities are casuallly resolved, is quietly marvellous.
who knows...who cares? - By: Mr Chris Potter, 30 Jan 2005 
I found Va Savoir to be agonisingly slow & void of content. If you like such films as 'Amelie','Etre et Avoir','Jean de Florette' or 'Manon des Sources'...then don't buy this!
Va Savoir - By: , 17 Dec 2004 Could not disagree more with previous review. This is a film made for foreigners who think that is what French film should be like. The pace is so slow, it is more interesting to watch paint dry ! It tries to be intellectual & is just very very boring. And about 50% of the film is also spoken in Italian !
Get a proper French film with a story well told, e.g. Jean de Florette, or, nice now at xmas time, the wonderful comedy 'Le pere Noel est une ordure' !
My copy of Va Savoir ended up in the bin....
Truly theatrical - By: Mr. J. Tweedie, 29 Jul 2002 
This is the first film by Jacques Rivette I've seen, & I'll definitely be watching out for more of his films if they're alll up to this standard. Camille arrives in Paris with her Italian partner, theatre director Ugo. It's been three years since she was last in Paris & she feels the urge to go & look up an old fling. From that moment on, we witness a film of twists & turns, moving from real poignancy to wonderful comedy. It follows many familiar themes in French cinema - theatre, dance, music, literature, philosophy, but mainly the search for love.
It has a quite consistent pace, being quite methodical in building up to the finale, but what a finish! It has the funniest ending to a film I've seen in a long time, with the 'duel' between Ugo (Sergio Castellito) & Pierre (Jacques Bonnaffe) being hilarious.
While quite different in scope, I would recommend this to anyone who has taken their first step into French cinema with Amelie. This is an accessible but intelligent film, & should appeal to anyone with a sense of romance.
