an amazing film with such realistic depiction of emotions and charmingly imaginative storyline

Rating: 10/10 (19 July 2019)

This is an amazing film with such realistic depiction of emotions and charmingly imaginative storyline. A writer who is obsessed with Paris in 1920s accidentally stepped onto a time carriage and found himself in the middle of the great artists - Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Picasso... He is perplexed by what is in front of him but more by the fact he falls in love with a exceptionally lovely woman in the surreal world and starts to doubt his relationship with his fiancée in 2010. As he couldn't seek understanding from his fiancée, he found himself completely drown to the girl in 1920s. It's fascinating to see how Gil's emotions develop. As the story unfolds, there are always more surprisingly intriguing to be revealed.
The story is intriguing and thought-provoking as I am experiencing a masterpiece by a artist who makes an art, a film, of a nostalgic artist writing about and experiencing the lives of the greatest artists in 1920s. It's fascinating to me that somehow the imaginative artists in 1920s are living more real than Gil's fiancée lives her classy and vain lifestyle.
Gertrude Stein raises a extremely inspiring point when she gives feedback to Gil's book. We have to face the reality of death, but as artists we need to fill the voidness of life with lively stories. Isn't this what a meaningful life should be?