This is a small-budget film written and directed and by former cinema wunderkind, Luc Besson, who is now 66 years old. (How can that be?) It was shot on a smart phone, and was supposedly filmed guerilla-style, without permits, during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns in L.A.
Why is the former hot-shot working on minor efforts like this? Besson has fallen from grace in the industry for two reasons. First, he faced a rape accusation in 2018 from an actress who worked in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Second, Valerian (2017) and Anna (2019) lost money.
The story of John, a man who leads an ordinary life with a monotonous routine. His existence flows away dull, and he himself makes no effort to change anything; on the contrary, he does everything to continue being an ordinary man. One day John runs into a woman on the subway who is as beautiful as she is mysterious. His encounter with her finally leads him to have a goal in his bumptious life: to love June to the end of his days and at any cost.
Because one of you is bound to raise the question, I’ll note here that I think the author of that quotation misused “bumptious.” Or maybe I misunderstand what he’s trying to say.
Back to the point:
Matilda resembles a blue-eyed version of Anne Hathaway.







