one would ever question director leos carax genius wonder is insane genius many people hated film normally first person accuse many french directors making offensive boring disgusting pretentious films such horrible recent film lenfant pointless offensive feux rouges strangely enough actually think pola x amazing film made great skill passion master craft containing remarkable performances film carry melodrama extreme lengths believe ever seen screen before then carax extreme know film also contains consider way overthetop trotskyite anarchist fantasies wetdreams mysterious group young men training fire machine guns bourgeoisie playing scott walkers rather fascinating music band recording sessions abandoned warehouse filled squatters fires burning old steel barrels guillaume depardieu plays rich young man chteau whose stepmother catherine deneuve wanders bathroom naked bath way suddenly snaps completely discovers deceased father famous diplomat fathered illegitimate daughter effectively disposed deneuve inconvenience sister suddenly turns kind romanian refugee wild dishevelled hair expressionless face little ability speak french coherently depardieu transforms class hero far left wants kill destroy family hypocrisy corruption lives squalor extreme poverty scorning vast inheritance commences incestuous sexual relationship halfsister shown explicit sex scene offended many people though objection it think people far hysterical sex especially america apparently never happens intensity acting filming make unlikely scenario come experience powerful depressing hypermelodrama differences carax making extreme film like numerous extreme french films think pretentious disgusting  carax excellent filmmaker  seriously attempting explore meaningful harrowing extreme emotional condition whereby human disintegrates turns background many would say extreme elements film gratuitous agree believe carax genuine making exploitation picture all difficult defend man goes far who know may complete madman believe deserves defending remarkable cinematic achievement