Non-Fiction (French: Doubles vies (Double Lives)) (2018)
Director: Oliver Assayas
Watched: 10/18/20
Rating: 3/5 stars
“E-Lives”
Knot
of work
and romance,
two meshed couples.
Pretentious at times
with more talk and less plot-
but witty banter prevails,
plus priceless scenes from the book world
on staying sane with technology
from ebooks to Espresso Book Machines!
Title Meaning: Allusion to the publishing industry, central to the film’s context. Supposedly, we are watching their non-fictional real lives being played out. The French title seems more fitting- a more inventive allusion to the infidelities and general lack of authenticity as played out by the four principal characters in both their personal and professional lives and relationships.