Voyage à deux

"Do you know what marriage is? - Marriage is when the woman tells the man to take off his pajamas... and it's because, she wants to send them to the laundry." Marriage Story but more than fifty years earlier. Two for the Road is the bittersweet story of two people who couldn't stop loving each other despite everything life threw at them. What makes the film particularly compelling is its indirect narrative techniques, which allow us to follow Joanna and Mark's life journey on several time levels, which intertwine in a purposeful way to create a map of their complicated relationship. The two leading actors play their roles in a convincing manner and give us a realistic view of the snares of marriage. Even though this is primarily a relationship drama, there was still room for a few humorous moments that balanced the serious line of the film. P.S. Little Ruthie and her parents made my blood boil beyond belief! (15/03/2020)

The film was undoubtedly interesting. I enjoyed how the creators played with all the different timelines, whose intertwining was handled so perfectly that it occasionally confused me. However, there were also things I didn't like so much. With some passages, I had to make an effort to concentrate because I was getting bored, and my thoughts began to wander. As for the two main characters, Mark sometimes seemed like a moron, and Audrey Hepburn played Joanna, so I would have liked her even if she were killing and dissecting little kittens. Well, if she had taken care of little Ruthie in the same way, I would have been thrilled. / Lesson learned: Relationships need constant work. (25/03/2023)