Nous les coyotes

For me the theme of this downbeat film is how truly horrible Los Angeles can be when one sees it. Or lives there. That feeling is captured so brilliantly that the actors take a back seat. At any rate the movie is a slow, artsy, well-acted and believable indie that's worth a look. Contrary to what the mean reviewers say on this site, Jake is the first one to get offered a job on his scruffy charm alone. I guess they had to give it a sort-of upbeat ending after all the misery.

Opening scene. I could tell right away that Jake is a la-la-la-la-looooooooser. Of course he wants to have a backup plan, because once the cute girl gets used to L. A. , the loser doesn't have a chance of holding onto her. Just LOOK at him!

Nicely integrated story built up with tight shots and a concentrated in time love story of two people captured at the beginning of their journey together.

The kind of movies that makes you wish not to blink a second. A road trip of a young couple in the pursuit of dreams in a place where dreams might come true or break them apart. The shooting takes us into a ride of moving moments of beauty, yet projects the hardships that comes along without romantacizing nor falling into clichés.