5x2 is a French tale of a disintegrating marriage that starts in the
divorce courts, and shows five earlier time periods in the marriage of the two
people, hence the title. The segments are shown in reverse chronological
order, which changes the entire focus of the film for the viewer. The end of
the marriage in an unfriendly divorce is a given, so each time capsule
provides some understanding as to where the couple went wrong.
In the first segment, the couple leaves the courtroom, checks into a motel,
and starts a farewell fuck. She changes her mind, and he anally rapes her.
Pretty obvious he is not the caring, gentle lover type. The next episode takes
place at a dinner party, where he demonstrates that he cares much more for his
son than his wife. Next we see the birth of the son, where the husband takes a
powder. Episode 4 shows their wedding night, where he passes out
with her wanting sex, causing her to screw a stranger out
of frustration. Finally, the last segment shows how they met. He is with his
current girlfriend on vacation in Sardinia. He ditches his current girlfriend
to swim off into the sunset with his future wife.
One could probably summarize the same plot and make her seem
more responsible for the failure of the marriage.
I personally found it a very watchable film dealing in a realistic way with a
real life subject.
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