“Delicacy”: a too repetitive web [MOVIE REVIEW]
Audrey Tautou stars in Delicacy. Photo courtesy the Cohen Media Group. “Delicacy,” a film starring the incomparable Audrey Tautou, is a poor translation for the French title “Délicatesse,” as the title was meant to transmit, not the delicacy of her character but her finesse, grace, elegance and refinement. This distinction is important because “Delicacy” is the love story of Tautou’s character Nathalie, how she is consumed by the love of her husband François, how she is lost when he dies and how she finds it again in an unexpected way. Nathalie is a wisp of a girl who is loved from afar by François until he gains the courage to speak to her. She has a quiet grace that attracts men and women alike. Her boss, Charles, is smitten as well. When François is suddenly taken from her, she loses focus and joy and retreats into her work until one day, unexpectedly, she kisses one of her coworkers, a member of the team she leads. Markus, the object of this spontaneous action, knows of no way to react. Of course he loves her – all men love her beauty that shines from within – but neither he nor anyone else can entertain the thought that such a catch would be attracted to a lumpy, balding…
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