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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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7/10
may or may not be controversial
yuuuuuchi-33330 June 2022
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'I'll wait for the next one' is a French romance movie released in 2002. Storyline is that a single woman rides on the subway and one man on the train is looking for a date. And after that, another man replies to him. Then, she enjoys the atmosphere on the subway.

In this movie, the main character, a single woman, does not say anything, while other characters do, but her facial expression is more important because her emotion changes one after another. Therefore, Her facial expression is one of the important things to understand in this movie.

In addition, the atmosphere is also important to understand. This movie starts from the scene where she walks alone on the street. In this scene, the atmosphere is dark. Therefore, we can easily understand what she feels.

For these reasons, this movie uses lots of effects, so it is worth watching in terms of the way to make an effective movie.
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8/10
Good facial expressions
tt-032131 November 2023
"I'll Wait for the Next One" is a French short comedy from 2002. The heroine of this movie is a middle-aged woman who is looking for a partner. One day, she gets on a train and there is a strange man named Antoine who calls out to everyone on the train saying that he is looking for a partner.

I think that the man's action is very strange because ordinary people would not take such an action even if they want to find a partner. However, I can feel his strong willingness to find a good partner in some way or another from his words and facial expressions. For example, when another man says to him that he will give him his wife who wants much money if he likes, Antoine says, "I'm looking for love, Sir... not a bargain at the market!" with a serious facial expression.

In the film, although the woman doesn't utter anything, I can understand from her facial expression that she gradually becomes attracted to the man by his words. Because of this, I think this film expresses characters' feelings very well by facial expressions.

In conclusion, I think that although many people will feel strange while watching this film, they will like it. Because of this, I think this film is worth watching.
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6/10
A film like Japanese Rakugo.
daidai-110434 June 2024
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A woman without a boyfriend gets on a train and one man starts talking about looking for a girlfriend. The man speaks passionately and then tells any woman who is interested to get off the train at the next station if she is thinking about becoming his girlfriend.

When I saw this movie I felt it was a movie with normal conversation and I didn't notice that the main character never spoke. Knowing this, I watched it a second time and found it to be an excellent film with her very expressive face and visual storytelling to show what she wanted to say. The script was also very sympathetic and I was able to experience the same feelings as the main character. However, like many other Japanese, I find it hard to sympathize with this film because I do not find people who talk loudly on trains attractive, no matter how beautiful they may look.
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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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8/10
Honestly
myqkbt24 December 2021
The genre of this short film is comedy and romance. The main character is a woman who wants to love. She gets on a metro train. There is a man who says aloud that he wants to love. She is fascinated because she thinks that he is an honest person when listening to his talk. Please look forward to what will happen to their romance when you watch the film. Maybe, you will be surprised at the ending. The main character's expression and camerawork of this film are very good. If you pay attention to the main character's expressions and camerawork, you understand that she is starving for affection immediately. Besides, she listens to the man with sparkling eyes in the train, so you can understand she expects the beginning of love. You also expect their love will start if you sympathize with her feeling. Please sympathize with her and enjoy this movie more.
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8/10
Unexpected ending
naotabe29 November 2023
'I'll Wait for the Next One' is a romantic comedy short film. It was made in 2002. A woman looks lonely at the train station. She looks at a couple and she looks sad. When she gets on the train, a man speaks loudly alone. He says he is looking for a partner and introduces himself. The single woman sees that man and she is interested in him.

The main character woman has no dialogue, but I can understand the emotion by her expressions. I think every single woman expects this kind of extraordinary experience. This is why the woman is interested in the man on the train. The ending is also interesting. It is an unexpected ending and is related to the title. The title has two meanings. If you watch this short film, you can understand it. I recommend you to watch this short film. Especially, single women should watch this because you might be able to learn something from this.
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7/10
searching for true love...
pianosmile8 November 2023
"I'll Wait for the Next One" is a French short film about a woman who searches for true love. She meets a stranger in the subway in Paris. On the train, the man suddenly introduces himself and says that he is looking for a lady who can share true love with him. He asks passengers to get off at the next station if they are interested in him. The main character looks lonely and hankers after love. I feel sympathy for her and it is sad to imagine her feeling at the end of the movie because it has a grievous punch line. The narrative is well-paced and well formed. The main character does not speak at all in the film, but the facial expressions and background music tell us the characters' emotions, so it is easy to understand the movie. I think this is a great short, but I do not recommend this film to people who lead a lonely life because you may become sad.
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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
Predictable, but not so much
biareisschmidt26 May 2018
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This 4 minute short film about this 4 minutes in the life of a woman who enters a train in a normal day has all its potential in its last 30 seconds. I'm not sure if it can be called a plot twist, but it is for sure supposed to be a big, unexpected surprise for those who are watching. During the film I came to imagine that would happen, and then I found myself hoping I was wrong - but I wasn't. For having interfered on my feelings towards the main character and what could possibly happen to her, I consider this a good short film. The end, although not having surprised me, made me sad for the character.
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9/10
bittersweet story
moenjeruu10 July 2018
"I Will Wait for the Next One" had an unexpected ending for the soft-hearted, but an accurate one for the more cynical. It tells a simple, but impactful story. It is a story told through the actor's expressions and one sentence at the end. I believe its best quality is its acting. The woman says nothing the entire time, but tells the audience what they need to know through other methods. She is very expressive. She looks tired and bored at the beginning (before getting on the train), then she brightens up and smiles when she hears the man's proposition, then she looks hopeful and happy when she gets off at the next stop, then shortly after the reveal she is crestfallen, suggesting she might just give up. She says nothing, but makes the audience ask tons of questions about her. The man, the one with the most dialogue, is not as interesting as her and her story. She is interesting enough for me to want to watch another short movie just about what happened with her after the incident. How did she change? Did she? "I Will Wait for the Next One" asks more questions than answers, but it is a delightful (although a bit heartbreaking) cinematic experience.
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7/10
Cruel Fate
yu-ka23 December 2021
I'll Wait For The Next One is a short love comedy movie made in 2002. It is a story of a single woman who meets a man on the Paris metro. The man speaks about his view of love on the train and appeals to passengers that he is looking for a girlfriend. Most people scoff at his behavior, but the woman starts to be attracted to him and decides to get off the train with him. However, the story has an unexpected cruel ending. Even though the woman never speaks a word in this film, I think it is a wonderful composition that makes the viewer imagine her feeling and background just by the way she looks at the man and her facial expression. Especially, I think the woman's look of mixed sadness and anger at that end is very impressive and good. This movie will make you feel a variety of emotions, so some people may feel unpleasant. However, I would recommend it for people who want to understand the difficulty of finding true love.
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10/10
Too sad
fefe22227 February 2019
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"I'll wait for the next one" is a short film about a lonely woman in her thirties or forties in France who encounters a man in subway who says he wants to find a true love.

First of all, I'm very curious about if this is really happening in France. I was very surprised because this kind of events never happens in trains in Japan. Since I never witnessed this kind of situation in my life, the setting of this film was very unfamiliar to me, however, I enjoyed watching it.

It is interesting that the woman does not speak one word throughout the film. Without her saying anything, viewers can tell who she is, what her social situation is, and how she is feeling from her clothes and facial expressions. The actress's acting is so real and empathetic that I felt sad and sorry for her after watching it. Viewers can easily imagine that the woman would probably get hurt and feel herself insulted, so maybe the film is successfully made. I also felt a little unpleasant toward what the man did because if I was in the same situation with the woman, I would have believed what the man says was real. Both the man and the woman's actings were real, thus, it was a great film. I just could not stop wishing for her to find a nice man in her future.
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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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5/10
short film
ktkt-8091214 July 2022
'I'll wait for the next one' is a romance short film. There are many women and men on the train. Single women are also riding the train. Suddenly, a single man starts talking. He says that he has been single for three years and wants to get married. He asks women on the train to get off at the next station if they would like to date him.

A woman gets off at the next station. But the man who started the story does not get off. He stays on the train.

This movie is a dialogue movie, but the main character never speaks. Therefore, it must be read in the same way as a film without dialogue. It was a little difficult for me to understand the revelation at the ending, but when I did, it was very interesting. So, in my opinion, 'I'll wait for the next one' is worth seeing.
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