Simply beautiful / Beautifully simple

Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2000)

I love this film. I love it to pieces. I saw it on a movie theater some 4 years ago, and I have never quite forgotten it. Whenever I see an elderly couple, I am reminded of one of the first lines of the film: "When people grow up, men lose hearing on the high tones, and women lose hearing in the low end. That's why it's so difficult to get along". Simplistic? Maybe. Beautiful? Beyond any shadow of a doubt.
The idea of a night in Vienna with someone you just met, falling in love and waking up to a very different reality is so full of hope and sadness. The characters know that everything will be over at sunrise, and yet they risk having a heartbreak, rather focusing on having the best night of their lives. This valiant approach makes the movie so much harder to take at the ending, when reality strikes and tears flow from my eyes.
Movies should always be THIS good.