Cap ou pas cap?
Unfortunately, I have seen only two typical road movies, The Wizard of OZ and Little Miss Sunshine. When I was younger I found the Wizard of Oz not particularly invigorating. Little Miss Sunshine had such strong stereotypes it made me feel like it was over done, over acted, and over written. I would have liked it much more if it didn't scream its point at the audience every five minuets. I saw it also as quite unrealistic that after such ordeals they would come together and all their family issues would be resolved. I could comprehend improvement, perhaps, but not utter perfection as portrayed in Little Miss Sunshine. Alas, I sometimes find it hard to suspend disbelief as I should.
This, however, is not what this blog is about. I very much enjoyed the French film Jeux d'enfants (poorly translated in English as Love Me if You Dare). It's not the typical road film where pavement rules your will. It is about two people on two separate highways of life that become controlled by a game they play. Asphalt is traded in for a token and 100 mph turns into 100wpm. The fast talking pair intertwine themselves so fully into the game that despite its destruction of their lives, they cannot help but obsess over its forbidden return.