Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001)

Powerful

Memorable, crazy movie

Great Film overall

Best movie ever!

This was very good film. Although it was lengthy, the events never slowed down. There was always a progression of the plot from scene to scene and the characters are well-figured into their surroundings. If anyone knows the piano melody played during the opening credits, and I believe also in the first ballet teaching scene where Sonia and Arthur talk, PLEASE tell me the name of the piano piece, its wonderful and I HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS! I must say that the film is overall brilliant and very refreshing from the modern Hollywood films I am usually exposed to. The best part of the movie in my opinion was how all the pieces of the plot are connected and resolved at the end, leaving me with an appreciation for just how perfect the plot was. There are also unusually funny moments in the movie that provide for a breath of air since the film is not very fast paced and long. PLEASE SOMEONE FIGURE OUT THE PIANO PART IN THE OPENING CREDITS.

MANY YEARS AGO I bought a bottle of wine 3 or 4 times the price I usually paid. Expecting something akin to the gods' nectar I got just wine, very disappointing at first then I gradually realised I could drink this for the rest of my life and it would always only taste of wine, but always as a renewed experience, never tiring on the palette. Since then I have had the privilege of drinking comparable wines from France or Italy and grown tired of wines from elsewhere that shout ''I will astonish you' ' yet forget they aught to taste of wine. After Va Savoir I remember I watched a film. Was there direction or camera or cutting? Disappointment at first and wanting 'astonish me', instead I got Film; pure perfect film. By the end I felt very grown up. At the end I wished it had been somewhat longer: The first half hour took an hour the subsequent two hours took half that time!

While in Paris in a tour of the Italian play "Como Tu Mi Vuoi", the lead actress Camille (Jeanne Balibar), who is living with the director Ugo Bassani (Sergio Castellitto), recalls and misses her former love Pierre (Jacques Bonnaffé). She visits his apartment and meets his present mate Sonia (Marianne Basler). Meanwhile Ugo is searching a lost play by Goldoni, and meets the charming French Dominique (Hélène de Fougerolles) that helps him to find it in her mother's private library. Meanwhile, Do's smalltime crook stepbrother Arthur (Bruno Todeschini) seduces Sonia to steal her expensive ring.I saw "Va Savoir" with great expectation, but I was quite disappointed with this pointless film. The charming cast and the good direction are lost in a promising story that goes nowhere. I do not dare to say that it was a complete waste of time, but I regret the terrible conclusion, which gives the impression that the writer got lost with the entwined romances. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Quem Sabe?" ("Who Knows?")

After watching this film I had to wonder one thing. Why was this over two and half hours long? A very simple and pedestrian story of a few relationships between a group of adults. Nothing out of the ordinary or unique about the story and it's woefully too long! I did like all the actors especially Jeanne Balibar who is the central character but I would like them even more in a more interesting film and the main problem comes from the fact that the script doesn't really let viewers know who these characters really are and instead the focus is just on their immediate problems. This had the real potential of being something really interesting but unfortunately the story doesn't allow for some needed details.