Ratataplan

In this film, Nichetti was still searching for how to direct and write, and it is a sort of tribute to the film style and works of Jacques Tati. The dialogue-free film is shot as a poetic slapstick, and the opening scene of the interview stuck in my memory the most. In the scene, a group of applicants is tasked with drawing a tree. Then, a series of ugly stumps without leaves appear, and only the main character played by Nichetti draws a beautiful, lush tree and is the only one who doesn't succeed in the interview. After all, the multinational company doesn't need ecological activists... Overall impression: 60%. (06.05.2009)