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Novo (2004)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:5
Rotten:5
Average Rating:4.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: This comedy about short-term memory loss provides for a hilarious romantic comedy when a typical office romance between Graham (Eduardo Noriega) and his secretary (Anna Mouglalis) blooms into a... This comedy about short-term memory loss provides for a hilarious romantic comedy when a typical office romance between Graham (Eduardo Noriega) and his secretary (Anna Mouglalis) blooms into a series of sexual encounters--none of which are remembered by Graham the next day. [More]
Starring: Eduardo Noriega, Anna Mouglalis, Nathalie Richard, Paz Vega
Starring: Eduardo Noriega, Anna Mouglalis, Nathalie Richard, Paz Vega, Eric Caravaca
Director: Jean Pierre Limosin
Director: Jean Pierre Limosin
Screenwriter: Christophe Honoré, Jean Pierre Limosin
Studio: IFC Films
Reviews for Novo
While its provocative theme clearly has dramatic and comedic possibilities, the film mostly fails to realize them, content to provide a series of erotic encounters with plenty of opportunities for its lead performers to undress.
Despite its philosophical pretensions, the film is fairly lightweight, and its good-looking cast and sleek production values are more memorable than any of its heady themes.
Sleek, attractive and ultimately vapid, Novo applies to sex and love the concept of short-term memory loss used to such acute dramatic effect in Memento.
Limosin's elliptical narrative, meant to correlate with his protagonist's blank-slate mind, instead plays as desultory and just plain confused.
Taking a cue from Memento, Novo positions a flesh-and-blood man’s short-term memory as a kind of moral invisibility cloak.
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