The Favourite Game
2003 · 1h 41m · Drama
Skip it. This obscure drama about a man-child playing games with women sounds pretentious and tedious—the kind of self-indulgent character study that mistakes shallow behavior for profound philosophical exploration. Without critical backing or cultural buzz, there's no reason to waste your evening on this navel-gazing snooze.
Plot
As a kid, Leo thought he possessed, like a magician, the secret power to make things happen. As a young man, he certainly knows how to make things happen with women. But as his best friend Krantz would say to him, "Why do you always ask questions you already know answers to?" Leo believes firmly in what he invents from one day to the next. Images, impressions, stories fill his head. That's just how he is: life, for Leo, is just a game. Behind this childlike attitude, hides the very essence of his own life's quest.
Director: Bernar Hébert
Cast: JR Bourne, Michèle-Barbara Pelletier, Cary Lawrence, Sabine Karsenti, Daniel Brochu
