Le Chignon D'Olga

The film pulls on the silent tradition, in a way which reflects the silent comedy of Jacques Tati. The irony and humour about both love and death are handled in ways which are similar to Divine Intervention: crucially that the falling in love occurs in entire silence and the tragedy of suffering is shown but not discussed. The plot itself is simple and yet satisfying. There was no big wow for me, and the psychology of the drama was relatively unsurprising. It was handled though with deftness and a low budget which left me comfortable with the end product. I'll give it a six and a half out of ten.