Not long before watching the film, I injured my shoulder after a fall and had to get an X-ray, and remember being pretty anxious to get my results (which turned out ok by the way).In the film, Cleo also is anxious to get a doctor's report after a test, and the film all takes place within the two hours in between.
She's a pop singer/celebrity, so the results of the test might be consequential to her career if she has a serious illness. I was a little unsure about how big a star she was, but I like the scene where she plays her own song on the jukebox in a restaurant and observes how people respond (people don't pay attention). There's also an interesting part where she has two male songwriters come up to her bedroom and they practice for a bit.
I like the cultural references that were included; in one part, someone makes a funny observational comment "Why aren't more streets named after famous living people like Bardot, Piaf, or Aznavour?" A few scenes take place with her friend in a car, where the radio announces some of the current headlines; it's interesting to hear Kennedy and DeGaulle's names come up in the news.
In the end, she takes a walk in the park, and meets an interesting man, but the movie ends and allows us to imagine the rest of the story.
Another blog review here by Confessions of a Film Philistine
