50/46
The panic of his journey gives way to melancholy
Synopsis
Edward, a civil servant, runs away from his fiancée Molly on their wedding day in Rangoon in 1917. Molly, about to get married, follows him across Asia in a joyful race. Official submission of Portugal for the best international feature film.
In the category of the 97th Academy Awards in 2025
Cannes is praised for its innovative direction, I completely agree. “The Grand Tour” comes across as an artistic project that would have been better as a travelogue. Unfortunately, the filmmaker wanted to tell us a story and took the idea from the short story “Mabel”.
Somerset Maugham, although he forgot to tell us about it
W. The short story is only 5 pages long, so the “short story” is 5 pages long. we are told it in a way that sounds like a joke told by a person with a speech impediment.
Between the story, which is set in 1917
You already know what’s coming next, but out of courtesy you have to wait. It’s boring as hell, some people fled the movie after the first half hour and I wish I could have followed suit. and shot in black and white, we get a lot of modern color.