ɐnˈʌðɚ kɹˈɪɾɪk ɹˈoʊt ðætðə fˈɪlm ɪz "ˈɔːlsoʊ ɐ pɹɪsˈaɪs, poʊˈɛɾɪk dˌɑːkjuːmˈɛntɚɹi ˌɔn pˈæɹɪs, wɪððə sˈɪɾi tˈɜːnɪŋ ˌɪntʊ ɐ stˈoʊn pɹˈɪzən ðæt ɡɹˈædʒuːəli kɹˈʌʃᵻz ɹᵻsˈɪstəns ʌntˈɪl ðə mjuːzˈɪʃən sˈʌfɚz tˈoʊɾəl mˈɔːɹəl ænd fˈɪzɪkəl dˌɪsˌɪntᵻɡɹˈeɪʃən.
Another critic wrote that the film is "also a precise, poetic documentary on Paris, with the city turning into a stone prison that gradually crushes resistance until the musician suffers total moral and physical disintegration.