"Rupture" is a French 11-minute live action short film from 1961, so this one is already easily over half a century old. Writer is Jean-Claude Carrière (still alive in early 2018) and this is also one of his rare directorial efforts. Actually this b&w film is the very first film from his career. For that it's tolerable, but generally it is sadly more bland than funny. His co-writer, co-director and lead actor is Pierre Étaix (died not too long ago) and it is basically a one-man show for him as even the mailman isn't shown. This is the story of a man who is quite happy about a letter sent by his girlfriend, but not so happy about what she is writing. He decides to write a response, but this day seemingly it was all against him. There is no spoken language here as the man is always on his own, so you don't need to be able to understand French to watch this one and you won't need subtitles either. All in all, I must say I did not find it as funny as I hoped I would. I've seen better stuff at least from Carrière. So all in all an okay rookie effort, but as a whole I give it a thumbs-down and don't recommend checking it out. The lead performance did not impress me much, but the music was fine I guess to end the review on a positive note and it makes it not only a lighter watch, but also adds some French flair to the entire thing. The Mr. Bean reference made by another reviewer feels accurate.
Review of Rupture
