L'instinct de l'ange

When I watch this movie, I can't prevent myself to think about THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER, BLUE MAX, VON RICHTOFFEN AND BROWN, all films related to WW1 and fighter pilots, and I don't even speak about William Wellman's features such as WINGS or LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE or Howard Hughes' HELLS ANGELS. This one, though, shows this topic from another angle, which maybe GREAT WALDO PEPPER would be the closest. Lambert Wilson is magnificent, moving, in a poignant role of a man who saw war as a romance. And not motivated by the desire of simply killing the enemy. It is sad, glomy, but so beautiful. I am so enjoyed to have watched it; the best French film ever made around this subject. A more spirit oriented, philosohical scheme than pure action.