Souvenirs perdus

And if only for the very young Bernard Blier and Yves Montand, plus Pierre Brasseur.

4 stories, almost unrelated, of different quality. The 'noir' one alone must be watched. A real master piece!

The first one, played very well, deals with love and betrayal. The last one is rather a musical comedy. Thanks to the actors it can pass, and definitely is in the proper order, to leave the audience in high spirits.

Quite personal, I didn't really like nor unerstood the second 'act'.

Overall, and I don't think there is anything in this movie that could be spoilered, I love the overall idea: Just collect some items in a lost and found, random items, and let these items tell the stories which brought them to the lost and found.

I for one like this old style story telling, when time and inclination for listening to even drawn out stories as past time. Here it is a rather drawn out more than two hours of mostly inconsequential stories.

And yet, if you watch this movie in good company, you'll have quite a lot to talk about those stories afterwards; at supper or a light drink.