Shadow boxing

If nothing else, the French understand movies. Cream, butter, sculpture, lily ponds: OK. But above all else. the French can make a stinking movie. They had a head start, and they refuse to give up the ground they gained. I strongly, strongly recommend Army of Shadows. Dismal vistas, miserable interiors, acting so nuanced that it demands reading glasses. But the %&^*&s understand plot and story.