However, although [Denys Arcand] may be right in some of his statements, all combined and without a single nuance, they reveal him less as a wise old man than as a vulgar reactionary. [Full review in Spanish]

A heartfelt drama about longing and regret - and a raised “médius” (middle finger) by Denys Arcand to this century’s increasingly stringent, strident notions of political correctness.

It’s like having a two hour debate with someone well spoken and intelligent who sometimes runs into a wall, shrugs, and says, “well, that’s just your opinion.” It’s an ornery, dyspeptic work that also wants to play nice, and that never works.

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