‘À l’abordage’: Film Review
‘À l’abordage’: Film Review Refreshing as a river dip on a hot afternoon, but also somewhat melancholic, as though maybe it's the final swim of the summer, Guillaume Brac's shrewd, witty"À l'abordage" is a cheerful portrait of mild disappointment, the sort a young generation must encounter before developing a bit. Additionally, it is a lovely showcase for the talents of its varied, fresh-faced cast, whose own stories and adventures led to Brac and co-screenwriter Catherine Paillé's loose-limbed story. The name, which contrasts between"All aboard!" And"Strike!" , was allegedly the battle-cry of French pirates if they brought up alongside a enemy boat. Not that there is any bloodthirstiness hereinstead the words conjure up a kids' game of make-believe, as if those alluring, benignly muddled twentysomethings are play-acting their own bravado as definitely as children athletic plastic eyepatches waving cardboard cutlasses around. She rushes...