Joie
de vivre bursts through every shimmering black and white frame of «Frances,» a breathless comedy about a young dancer played by Greta Gerwig who is apartment - hopping through Brooklyn and, seemingly, through life itself.
While its story ends up feeling onerous and far from the graceful prose that made Tolkien's works so timeless, the world around it is
bursting with originality and joie
de vivre.