Ghost River

Empire Pictures | Release Date: March 5, 2004

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ChadS.Apr 20, 2007

Flowers are a constant motif in "La Vie Promise" because Sylvia's grandmother adored them. Too bad the old woman didn't make pina colidas when Sylvia was just a percocious urchin(and not a destitute hooker/runaway mom) so her Flowers are a constant motif in "La Vie Promise" because Sylvia's grandmother adored them. Too bad the old woman didn't make pina colidas when Sylvia was just a percocious urchin(and not a destitute hooker/runaway mom) so her future adult grandchild could slam into a fruit cart(instead of a flower stand). If the annoying voiceovers makes you shrug your shoulders(Isabelle Huppert sometimes acts with just her eyes; she don't need no stinkin' voiceovers), the overripe symbolism(Sylvia no longer embodies any of her grandmother's favorite blooms) will make you want to chant, "USA! USA!..." "La Vie Promise" is about an older, wiser(and less crazy) French woman who decides it's time to find the husband and son she left behind. But Sylvia is conscience-stricken only after her daughter Laurence(sired by another man) kills one of her johns, and flees Nice(where she turned tricks for a living) for the open road; daughter in-tow then daughter let go(they part at a pasture), mainly because she'd be a third wheel when Sylvia finds her family. This is the difficult issue that "La Vie Promise" ducks. The voiceover tries to suture Sylvia's parental dedication for her bastard daughter(Maud Forget), reassuring us that she'd be welcome during her reverie about familial reunification, but we have our doubts. If Joshua(Pascal Greggory) was a murderer(he's a fugitive from the law, but non-violent), her persistence on finding the men in her past in lieu of Laurence would be more pronounced.… Expand

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