5 x 2 by Francois Ozon

I love to watch foreign films because I love to listen to other languages. I’m also more involved and pay more attention to the movie because of course I have to read the subtitles jee jee. However, if it’s a French or Italian film I’m usually able to understand a few words here and there.

My husband and I recently watched “5 times 2” by one of my favorite foreign directors Francois Ozon, he directed “Swimming Pool” one of my favorite mystery movies. One of the reasons I love his movies is because after watching them you feel the need to discuss it with someone so if you’re thinking of watching this alone don’t. The director leaves you with a ton of questions and imaginative endings. Francois Ozon is very imaginative and creative in his films but they are also difficult to watch like 5x2 and you want to have someone to talk about it.

In this film Ozon is telling us that there are not always two sides to the story it’s more complicated than that. In this movie we see 5 stages in this couples life Ozon shows the couple’s relationship from their first meeting up through their divorce. But he presents the story in reverse order which makes it a bit complicated because we are not use to seeing movies in that order. In the first scene we see the couple in the arbitrator’s office finalizing their divorce, and then the second scene is another stage in their life before the divorce and so on; finally the last scene its how they met and we make our own conclusions on why they ended up in divorce.

Do you like foreign films? If so what are some of your favorites?