The film tells about an unhappy family. The male protagonist Victor and his wife have been married for 25 years. Over time, he has lost love. He constantly complains about the status quo, his son and his wife, which leads to his wife cheating. Ask him to move out. With nothing, he receives a mysterious letter that can help him go back to 1974, the time when he met his wife. So he chose the past. This is an idea, not a real time travel, to restore that era through setting and actors. The male protagonist chose to agree, so after he successfully "returned" to 1974, he returned to the bar where he met his wife. In this bar, he had a new story with Margo who played his wife. Margo did not follow the script, but the real character made Victor like it even more. During the time they were together, he picked up his own Brush, painted a lot of his own and Margot's story. In the end, Margot wanted to return to reality, so he played another story to make Victor give up on himself. Victor took the illustration he painted to show his wife, and the memory of his wife looking at the painting brought back the good memories with Victor. So I chose to go back to the bar with Victor, and the two of them got back together at the bar. Typical French indifference, the whole movie is full of many beautiful little episodes, very warm. Four-star recommendation, a French literary film worth watching.
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