If you loved Le Paradis de Suzaki, try La bête élégante
Un pont entre un film que tu as déjà vu et un que peu de gens ont croisé. Voici ce qu'ils partagent, et ce que le second fait que le premier ne fait pas.
Ce qu'ils partagent
Both films are directed by Yūzō Kawashima, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Le Paradis de Suzaki, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What La bête élégante is
You rent cheap rooms to bored housewives and run errands in neon nightlife. Your son has lifted cash from the family safe and the walls hum with blackmail. A director’s hand lingers on a close-up of a single cigarette burning itself out.

