Sydney Film Festival 2013 - Film Review - Mood Indigo

Romain Duris and Audrey Tautou over the Paris skyline

Michel Gondry's Mood Indigo is a truly bizarre visual feast of film with an array of unique, spectacular images and special effects leaving the viewer either laughing or perceiving they are visiting an alternative reality. Based on Boris Vian's aptly titled book 'Froth on the Daydream' the story is centred on Colin (Roman Duris) and Chloe (Audrey Tautou) who fall in love and have an idyllic marriage except Chloe becomes ill as a water lilly is growing in one of her lungs. Watching this film requires a suspension of belief - with a door bell on legs which runs up and down the wall, a man dressed up as a mouse living in a replica of Colin's house and a cook who interacts with a chef appearing on a black and white television, the surreal experience is just beginning. For those who enjoy a film which often has little logic and presents endless crazy images (when the police  are called they arrive in a six legged vehicle), Mood Indigo will appeal.