Mood Indigo

Mood Indigo is the surreal and poetic tale of Colin (Romain Duris), an idealistic and inventive young man and Chloe (Audrey Tautou), a young woman who seems like the physical embodiment of the eponymous Duke Ellington tune. Their idyllic marriage is turned on its head when Chloe falls sick with a water lily growing in her lung. To pay for her medical bills in this fantasy version of Paris, Colin must go out to work in a series of increasingly absurd jobs, while around them, their apartment disintegrates and their friends, including the talented Nicolas (Omar Sy) and Chick (Gad Elmaleh) - a huge fan of the philosopher Jean-Sol Partre - go to pieces. Directed by Michel Gondry, Mood Indigo is full of the wonderfully inventive flourishes synonymous to Gondry, that cinema audiences the world over adore. It is both a sumptuous feast for the eyes and a passionate song for the heart. (Pinnacle Films)