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Anna M.

France 2007
produced by
Patrick Sobelman for Ex Nihilo, Centre Européen Cinémaqtographique Rhône-Alpes, Agat Films, Canal+, CinéCinéma, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Cofinova 3
directed by Michael Spinosa
starring Isabelle Carré, Gilbert Melki, Anne Consigny, Gaelle Bona, Geneviève Mnich, Francis Renaud, Francois Loriquet, Samir Guesmi, Eric Savin, Pascal Bongard, Raphaelle Doyle, Fenella Woodgate, Julie Brochen, Geordy Monfils, Daniel San Pedro, Delphine Zingg, Valérie Kéruzoré, Catherine Epars, Juliette Baille, Olivier Leroux, Caroline Maillet
written by Michel Spinosa

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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At the beginning of the story, Anna (Isabelle Carré) tries to kill herself by throwing herself in front of a car, but apart from a few broken bones, she comes out of it relaqtively unscathed - and promptly falls in love with Zanevsky (Gilbert Melki), the doctor who has treated her, and before long, she starts to believe he's loving her back, especially when he goes for a(n innocent) drink with her. From here on, Anna starts to follow Zanevsky around, to find out more about him and arrange "chance" meetings. Anna finds herself devastated though when she finds out that Zanevsky is actually married to Marie (Anne Consigny) and has no intention of leaving or even cheating on her. And as he is a married man, Anne becomes more and more of a nuisance for Zanevsky, so much so that he asks her to leave him in peace, but in her fantasy, he loves her madly, so much so that she thinks he has invited her to a cheap motel to have sex, and when he fails to show up, she just picks up another man to have sex with in his stead. Later, she uses the other man's car to crash Zanevsky's out of revenge - and she manages to make everyone including the police believe it was his fault and not hers ...

Eventually, Anna becomes the nanny of Zanevsky's upstairs neighbour's (Eric Savin) children (Raphaelle Doyle, Fenella Woodgate) - which is when she really loses it, as she has taken the job not only to spy on Zanevsky, but also to enter and thrash his house once he and his wife are out. After this incident, it's Anna's own mother (Geneviève Mnich) who has her admitted to an asylum - where it's found out that she has gotten pregnant from her one-night stand at the cheap motel.

It seems the pregnancy and the treatment at the asylum calm Anmna down, and thus after a few months she is released upon vowing to move to the country and leave Zanevsky in peace. However, quite the contrary is the case - once she's out, Anna picks up right where she has left off ... only Zanevsky is out of the picture, he and his wife have moved to somewhere unknown, and Anna is left alone with her delusions - which makes her rent a room at above-mentioned cheap motel, where she locks herself in until she is made to leave by force ...

Years later: The birth of her daughter have made a different person out of Anna, apparently, but when she sees loving couples, she still thinks of herself and Zanevsky ...

 

Ok, the plot of this film might not be exactly new, but it's extremely well-written, and the build-up of Anna's madness is well portrayed and even comprehensible - thanks in no small parts to lead actress Isabelle Carré of course. But while Anna's descent into madness is fascinating to watch, the film as a whole is not quite perfect: As well as Michel Spinosa has written his movie, as a director he lacks true inspiration and lets his film move firmly within predictable paths, and as good as the build-up of the whole story is, the ending simply fails to deliver. But all that said, the film is still well worth a watch, even if it's not quite the masterpiece it could have been.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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