A socialist indictment of capitalism, this study of the downtrodden is nevertheless worth your time for its' superlative acting, veracious settings and pedestrian direction. Taking the perspective that the overwhelmed are symbolic of the public and thus indicative of the status quo in contemporary France, this film takes great pains to prove its anti-nationalistic viewpoint. France for the French is faux pas. Multiculturalism is magnifique, and those that disagree are canaille.
Negligent of the notion that France might suffer under a socialist regime plagued by rampant third world immigration the director seeks to engender compassion for the afflicted. The idea that even a stifled laissez-faire market economy might be the cause for the employment of the remaining ninety-percent of the population and the incentive for such mass immigration is ignored so that the viewer can focus without distraction on those caught in the crossfire of free trade with other 'unfree' nations.
For all those who understand why market economies give rise to the greatest good for the greatest number, La Ville est Tranquille is fundamentally instructive of the socialist mind-set. Pointing solely to failure, coincident with its' expert use of emotional rhetoric, score a powerful tool for the manipulation of even the most scholarly of audiences.
Viewed as a work of art this film will not disappoint. Taken without Cabernet you may be cross.
Negligent of the notion that France might suffer under a socialist regime plagued by rampant third world immigration the director seeks to engender compassion for the afflicted. The idea that even a stifled laissez-faire market economy might be the cause for the employment of the remaining ninety-percent of the population and the incentive for such mass immigration is ignored so that the viewer can focus without distraction on those caught in the crossfire of free trade with other 'unfree' nations.
For all those who understand why market economies give rise to the greatest good for the greatest number, La Ville est Tranquille is fundamentally instructive of the socialist mind-set. Pointing solely to failure, coincident with its' expert use of emotional rhetoric, score a powerful tool for the manipulation of even the most scholarly of audiences.
Viewed as a work of art this film will not disappoint. Taken without Cabernet you may be cross.