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8/10
Very unexpected
MovieAddict201617 January 2006
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A lowly woman gets on a French subway and is traveling in silence when a man suddenly appears and announces that he is in search of a woman as he hasn't been in love for over two years and is tired of feeling empty.

People laugh and scoff at the man but he ignores them, and asks any woman who is interested to get off at the next bus stop. Well, the bus stops, the woman gleefully gets off, turns around - only to realize the man on the bus was doing it solely for entertainment, to gain money from travelers.

The film ends with her standing on the platform, alone.

I was taken aback by the suddenness of the ending. It's pretty powerful, especially considering it's only four minutes long. But the director manages to convey a lot of things just through facial expressions, particularly the woman's.

Pretty brutal little film, but a very good one.
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6/10
Importance of facial expression
b-6633421 February 2019
In this film, two people are the main characters. The story takes place in a train with the man's speech and the woman's reaction. The man looks suspicious at first, and other people laugh at his speech. In contrast, the woman takes it seriously. At this point, her facial expression shows her change of mind. In this film, she does not speak. Instead of that, her face is often focused on expressing how she thinks about the man's words. The angle of each character is interesting. While the man is speaking, the camera shoot not only the man but also other people as it shows that the man is speaking to everyone in the train. On the other hand, the woman is on screen only with her eyes straight at the man to show how serious she listens to him.
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8/10
Interesting film
pinefgsgsu24 December 2021
"I'll Wait For The Next One" is a French short comedy drama film. It was made in 2002. A woman walks to the station with a lonely expression. When she gets on the train, a man also gets on it to introduce himself and says that he is looking for love to passengers in a loud voice. The woman has a puzzled look at first, but she comes to be interested in what he says and sympathize with his view of love. It is a story with a surprise ending. The title implies that the women waits for her destiny and I think she is so bored in her daily life so that she wants to believe the one and fate. However, I suppose the man makes fun of the women who are looking for partners seriously and I don't think it is a funny joke. I sympathized with her in the film. Furthermore, I have empathic embarrassment to watch this film. I believe people who care what other people think much would feel this embarrassment. I think the film is worth watching because it gives the audience the lesson that there some things are too good to be true.
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10/10
This is absolutely brilliant.
Anonymous_Maxine7 March 2005
I'll Wait for the Next One sets itself up as a cute little comedy skit, and it delivers on that premise but also surprises you with an incredibly moving finale. Four minute comedies are not supposed to be as moving as this film is, it's funny, charming, and heartbreaking all at the same time, showing you your emotions in a combination that they are not generally found. I can't recommend this movie enough. By the end of the diminutive film you feel like you have known the characters for years, especially the lead man and the woman looking for love, probably because they so perfectly represent.

The look on the man's face and the woman's face at the end of the film are brief moments of sheer performing brilliance rarely seen, especially in a short film, which itself is rarely seen. Seek this one out, you will laugh and you will cry, and most of all you will be moved.
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THIS is how a short movie should be!
madfoot-224 March 2003
Oh, this broke my heart! The filmmaker showed such skill as he told the story of the woman on the train with no words whatsoever. The actress was great. She just really brought to life her loneliness, from her buck teeth to her terrible scarf. She was just trying so hard. This was super-great. Except it was a bit devastating in the end...
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9/10
Wow
momorytm25 February 2019
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A middle-aged woman is walking alone and feeling lonely. When she gets on a train, she meets a man who is seeking a girlfriend. I like the first part of this film, the woman walking alone and looking at a couple. It empathizes loneliness of the woman perfectly even though she does not say anything. Also, I'm impressed that this film clearly shows the woman is a protagonist of the movie although she did not have a dialogue while a man has a dialogue almost the entire film. But I guess most of us can sympathize with the woman's feeling over the man because we can see how she feels more than him by her reaction. I think the entire film is well done including the story, camera work, and casting. The audience will be surprised by the ending. I wonder whether it was the woman's fault or man's one. She might be responsible for herself sticking in the idea of love or becoming desperate for a boyfriend. She should have been more careful not to be grabbed a chance immediately. The man also might be responsible for what he has been done. He did not try to deceive her into believing what he says, but this is a good lesson that you should not do things so confusing when it comes to relationship things. Which they sympathize with is up to the audience, which makes the story interesting. Overall, I really enjoyed watching this film.
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7/10
Sad ending
m28l17d28 February 2019
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In this short movie, there is a lady, who is not in romantic relationships for a while and looking for the one for her. The story is happening on a train in France. After she passes by the couple in the station, she gets on the train. Her face is not bright and seems hopeless. A man gets on the train at the last minute, and he starts talking about "love." He is looking for a woman to date, and talking about his life, his salary, what he values and so on. Another man on the train makes fun of the man, but he did not stop. The woman's face gets brighter as she listens to his story. The man says that "if you would like to date me, please get off at the next station." The woman gets off the train with a happy feeling, but the man tells her that it is a performance, maybe to get money. This movie gives a shocking ending, and I liked it. I can see how the woman's emotion changes even though she does not say any words. The plot is straightforward but unpredictable, so it is interesting.
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10/10
Excellent way to use short time
craftholic19992 March 2019
The whole scenes of this film is take place at the train. One man gathers the attention by other passengers because he give a speech with loud voice to search the female who can share his romantic ideas. Most of people are laghed by his romantic idea but one lonely woman is moved by his word. This is very good way to make the short film I think. In other words, the director of this film is good to use time. I can not believe that this short film takes only about 4 minutes. It was really impressed story to me. In addition, there are some words that I can not understand in the film but from the act of characters, I can understand the story easily. Many people would enjoy this short film. If you have a spare time, you should watch this short film and do not miss the last scene of the film.
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7/10
An emotional ride
Jirorian4 June 2018
Quite literally an emotional ride, "I'll Wait for the Next One" offers the promise of a fateful encounter only to be challenged abruptly by a surprise ending. The surprise works because our feelings are channeled through the eyes of the woman, whom in becoming the dupe of the male perpetrator forces viewers along to share in her struggle. The film thus raises many questions regarding the nature of the conflict it depicts: why is it not surprising that the man is the perpetrator and the woman is the dupe? Why are we drawn to believe the man's story, and what does his final action reveal about the nature of men as societal beings? Is the ending a fault of the woman or of the man? If the woman is at fault, do women need to just be more careful in an overtly oppressive society? Or if the man is at fault, does he need to be more considerate of the extent to which his actions inflict damage upon society? The depiction is that both the woman and the man are at the extreme ends of their respective depths of capacity for emotional sentiment, and it is a very crude depiction that does little to progress away from the repression inherent to patriarchal societies. However, the responsibility to answer the questions posed by the film lies in the viewer, and as a result so too does the responsibility to make any changes in the real world away from what we see on screen.
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9/10
Surprising story
Kotakuu1129 May 2024
'I'll wait for the next one' (J'attendrai le suivant) is a French short dark comedy film that is just four and a half minutes long. The story starts with a single woman looking enviously at a couple. As she takes the underground, a man suddenly starts to speak in front of the passengers and asks single women to get off the train if they are interested in marrying him. Despite the woman's lack of dialogue throughout the film, her emotions and thoughts are effectively conveyed through her facial expressions and gaze. This absence of spoken words adds depth to the story, allowing the audience to empathize with her situation. Setting the film in the metro is also great as it emphasises her lonely aura. Although this is a short film, it has a punchline and is very satisfying.
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7/10
Good role model of short film
Fjkkn14 May 2021
I will wait for the next one is a short film and the leading character is a woman who has no dialogue. When she arrives at the station and goes down on the escalator, her gaze is drawn to a couple. She looks sad and bored by her day-to-day life. On the train, a man suddenly introduces himself and speaks out that he is looking for a lady who can share true love with him and then asks passengers to get off at the next station if interested. She gets curious.... While I think this film is flawless in its technical aspects, after I watched it, I felt really frustrated about the narrative. Contrary to the man, the woman doesn't say anything and only has facial expressions, but I can image her romantic background for some reason such as marital status in the past. I am curious about what happens next for the woman and the man and the situation on the train. I think this film is worth watching.
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8/10
As real as life is
khnerostar22 May 2018
This short film is really good. It is about a woman who is in the train and a man who takes it and starts talking out loud asking for a woman to love him. Then, the woman starts to get interested in what the man is saying and she takes the chance to find her love. Even though this film is really short, the story is really well told and you can experiment a lot of feelings that the characters transmit really well, especially the woman, who I think that is the best character.

First of all, I will talk about the character of the woman. As I said before, I think that she is the best character of the film. As you see her story in the train, you can feel a lot of sensations. Everything she is thinking of and feeling, you can feel or think too, joy, awkwardness, loneliness, sadness.... For me, this is how a good character is built, she has to make the audience feel things and I really think that she did that very well.

Having such a good story condensed in a very short film is a very good aspect. There are a lot of characters whose stories seem to be really clear. You can imagine more or less who they are and how their lives are just by their actions or what they say. Also I think that the end of the film is pretty realistic in contrast to what happened inside of the train, where everyone lives in their own world imagining their new lives.
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7/10
Reality is not going to work that easily
ryuryukl3 March 2019
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I think this short film is describing one's emotional movement well in terms of love. In the film, it is apparent that the lady is not doing well in her relationship with men in everyday life. Here, considering that "Love" is not something that always makes people happy, it can sometimes hurt or depress people, we can easily imagine what the lady in the film is thinking when she passes a couple at the escalator. In such a moment, we are usually in a situation close to losing our cool and might not be able to cope with things surrounding us appropriately. It is for this reason that she is moved by words of a man in the train so easily and believes him without any doubts. However, as we know, the reality is different and the cruel ending conveys a strong message towards us, which everyone probably can sympathize with. Therefore, this short film is worth watching for those who are in trouble with love and losing the proper ability to judge something.
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4/10
Fateful moment in the train...?!
maoenjoyhappy23 July 2017
A lonely woman who greatly longs for true love meets a stranger at the metro in Paris. He asks single women in the metro who has the same way of thinking of love for getting off at the next station. Then…what becomes of her love, getting off or not?

Even though the film is about 4 minutes long, this leaves us emotion sympathized with her. Interestingly, the single lady is a main character, not the man who tries to attract the single women in the train. However, she mentions none of the words, which means her feelings are expressed visually. In particular, at the beginning of the film, she bears watching a couple on the escalator. This shows us that she seeks for love. The technique is highly respected.

The ending of this film is beyond expectation and makes audience feel to follow the story more.
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Second-hand embarrassment served
Gospel9722 June 2018
A lonely woman goes on about her life until one day, the ride on her usual train takes an unexpected turn, changing her life in the mere span of a few minutes.

It's a well-crafted short, from start to finish. The actress does a magnificient job showing the sad, lonely side of the character, which makes the audience take a liking on her earlier in the short. There's humour in it too, and the cadence of the dialogue makes the audience follow the slow but steady flow of the plot.

The simplicity and familiarity of the setting (coming home from work, getting on the train to share your personal space with strangers for as long as the ride lasts) adds to showing how easily events in the short could happen in real life. How humans can be cruel without meaning to, and how they can also be very naive when hope is an option.

The naiveness of the woman, her hope to finally stop feeling lonely, is what gives this short that special touch.
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10/10
well-acted short film with heart wrecking turn
mvrv335 December 2021
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Philippe Orreindy's "J'attendrai le suivant..." was deservingly nominated for best short film at the Academy Awards in 2002. A woman is getting on the subway. There she witnesses the speech of a man who appears to be looking for love. While most passengers on the train laugh at him, it becomes obvious to the audience that the protagonist seems to be infatuated by the man's words. He asks those who seek to find love just like himself to get off the metro at the next station. Our main character gathers all her courage and decides to exit the train. Interestingly, throughout the entire film, the main character does not say a single word. Even so, her emotions are conveyed convincingly through her facial expressions. The ending is heart wrecking. Standing on the platform full of hope she looks at the man who strangely did not leave the train. It is only then she realizes that he was performing a sketch to earn a little money. The lonely protagonist appears to be the only one who is fooled by the man's act. What makes the ending even more devastating is the man's pitying expression when he tells the woman the truth. An outstanding short film!
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9/10
Unexpected ending
maone-725342 June 2022
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This French romance film was released in 2002. First of all, the lady walks on the street. She sees a couple on the other side of the escalator. Then she takes the subway. And one man starts a speech about himself. For example, his occupation, salary, personality and character. He says about these things because he looks for a life long partner. He tries dating sites on the internet, but it doesn't work well. Then the other man says that he will give his wife and his wife is a hairdresser. However, the man is looking for love, so he rejects this offer. And if you agree with him, he would like you to get off at the next station.

After that... In my opinion, this film is a comedy romance. The man is looking for true love. But as you can see at the end of this story, you can understand it.

And I didn't recognize that the two men having the conversation are a duo. I find it interesting that the lady didn't participate in the conversation.
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7/10
Interesting Movie
daikibaseball-0427521 July 2022
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The short film "I'll wait for the next one" is about a woman's experience on a subway train. On the train, a man caught the attention of passengers and announced that he was single and looking for a marriage partner. Also, he says he wants someone who is interested in him to get off at the next station. The woman heard the man's announcement and had an interesting conversation with another man and got off at the next station with her interest.

The great thing about this short film is that you can feel the ups and downs of emotions with the protagonist. Focusing on camera work, you can see that she is interested in talking to men and smiles in various scenes. In the scene where she is left at the station, two men are acting and you can see that she has a stunned and sad expression.

There are emotional ups and downs in a short amount of time, and this short film that you can't miss until the end is very interesting.
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8/10
Shocking and unpredictable ending
linshuli-9954729 November 2023
"I'll Wait for the Next One..." is a comedy and a slightly tragic short film. This film was made in 2002.

A man gets on a train and shouts to the passengers that he is looking for a marriage partner. He starts looking for a woman who would sympathize with him while explaining his thoughts in detail. Then one woman sympathizes with his thoughts and does as he says.

I thought this film seemed to empathize with the women in the characters very easily. The camera catches the various the expression on her face. When the woman realizes she has been abandoned, even though she sympathizes with his views on love and follows his wishes, we can imagine how she feels in that moment.

This is a great short film that includes a lot in 4 minutes, and is well worth watching.
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7/10
interesting
silvayuki1 March 2019
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***This review may contain spoilers*** The short film I'll wait for next one is a story about a middle-aged woman. It starts from a scene that the woman walks in a street lonelily. When she goes down escalator, she stares at a couple who are cuddling each other on the next lane. After this scene, I understood that she is single. After she gets on a subway, a man appears and starts to speak to everyone on the subway. Everyone listens to his talk with curiosity. He says he is looking for a lady to get married to him. He introduces himself seriously, but everyone laughs. His talk gets the woman's attention and makes her smile. And then, she believes him and get off the train. In the end, she despairs since she is embarrassed by his joke. The facial expression of the actress is amazing since it shows the woman's sadness perfectly. I think the woman she usually feels too much loneliness since she tries to date with a strange man. Overall, this short film describes a lonely woman very well.
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8/10
Who would love her
ohkf16 November 2021
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J'attendrial le suivant (I'll Wait for the Next One...) is a French short film made in 2002, directed by Philippe Orreindy. This film was nominated for the Best short film at 75th Academy Awards. Most of the story takes part in the crowded train. A woman sees a man giving a speech to the crowd. He is an entertainer, and his speech is convincing, but she believes what he is saying, and she thinks that he must be the one who will get together with her.

This film contains dialogue, but only the entertainers speak, and the explanations of the woman are done without dialogue. The audience understand at the first part that this woman is interested in having a relationship with someone else, and her face while listening to the entertainers explains that she is single and expects love and romance. In this film, the platform indicates her real life, and the train indicates her view of ideal love.

People should watch this film because it contains a surprising ending, but it is not a happy ending, so some people might be offended.
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6/10
Finding true love...NOT
Horst_In_Translation11 September 2015
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First of all, I want to say that this is a pretty nice title for a short film like this. It is a little play on words that can refer either to trains or to people. And it is certainly an achievement to get a 4-minute movie nominated for an Oscar as basically every moment has to be a winner in order to stay in the minds of the voters. Writer and director Philippe Orreindy managed to do so, even if he lost the Oscar to a much longer entry from Denmark. Looks like a European year at the Oscars back then, at least in this category. Make sure you grab subtitles for this one here if you do not speak French. However, there was one thing that bothered me a bit and that is the ending. It was all funny before that, but seeing the woman there was really depressing in my opinion. I wish they could have come up with something heartwarming or funny at least instead. This is also why I am only giving 6 and not 8 stars for this one. Still, certainly worth a watch and the acting is good from everybody in here. Recommended and it's so sad to see that Orreindy did not manage to build a career at all on the success of this short movie.
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8/10
good facial expression and dialogue
risa_gu19 December 2021
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This is a short film released in 2002. One man calls out that he is looking for a marriage partner in the subway. The main character is attracted by his passionate words. The man tells passengers to get off the train at the next station if anyone is interested in him, and the woman gets off, but... The interesting point of this film is that the man has dialogue, but the main woman character is not given any lines. The men talk a lot, but audiences do not know what they are planning until the end, but we can know what the woman is feeling without dialogue. I think that the point of this film is the richness of the woman's facial expression. At first, she looks suspicious with a serious face, but gradually her expression becomes more and more expressive. When she gets off the train, she has a big smile on her face. This is the best representation of her changing emotions.
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7/10
unexpected ending
b-961283 March 2019
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This film is just four and half minutes long, but makes the biggest impression on audience, and it makes audience think so many kinds of things after watching it. There is a woman who is seemed like very tired of daily life, and she is getting on the train as usual. But there is one very unusual thing happened that one strange guy starts introducing himself and says that he is looking for a lady who can share the true love. If you are agreeable with the suggestion, he want that lady to get off the train at the next station. Finally, she gets off the train, but the man does not get off and says to the woman that "I was only a sketch...." It is just a show and she was used as a part of the show. After watching this movie, audience might think that "Do rest of the passengers also know it's a show because everybody is laughing while he is acting?" or "Do they give the money after the train departs?" Since audience is also deceived at same time, this type of show gives very big impression and shocks after watching and it remains for a while.
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5/10
Not feel good...
yuu-8241228 October 2023
'I'll wait for the next one...' (J'attendrai le suivant...) is a story about love. This movie was made in 2002. In this story, a woman gets sad when she passes a couple. With a sad expression, she gets on a subway train in Paris. There are many people on the train, who have different kinds of circumstances. Some are young couples, others are elderly couples. By looking at them, she gets deeply depressed because she is single.

Suddenly a man gets onto the train and gives a monologue to passengers around him including the woman. In his talk, he says that he is looking for a woman who can sympathize with his views on marriage. Also, he asks them to get off at the next station if they can be with him. Hearing that, the woman decides to do that. However, the man doesn't get off at the next station. I suppose this shows his lack of sincerity in dealing with the woman. In my opinion, I feel uncomfortable and think some viewers may regret watching this.
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