

To be honest, the film is so far up my alley that I felt my dreams were being violated.

So when I heard that Ridley Scott was directing Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard in a film about a money-hungry British stock-broker who is lured into giving it all up for an inherited French vineyard, I thought it would be right up my alley. If they had ESPN, I'd consider moving there. France is among the loveliest countries that I've ever been privileged to visit. I believe the above statement to be very true. It replaces accumulation with appreciation. France can turn good memories into grand ones. Reviewed by tccandler 7 / 10 A Moment Spent with Marion Cotillard Would Make My Year!įood tastes better there. Did Max the boy know things that Max the man has forgotten?. Memories, a beautiful woman, and a young American who says she's Henry's illegitimate daughter interrupt his plans. He spends a few days there, getting the property ready to show. Max goes to France intent on selling the property. Max spent part of his childhood there, learning maxims and how to win and lose, and honing his killer instinct (at chess, which serves him well in finance). After years of no contact with his Uncle Henry, London banker and bond trader Max Skinner learns that Henry has died intestate, so Max inherits a château and vineyard in Provence.
