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A warm,
tender movie from Claire Denis (Beau
Travail), this dreamlike masterpiece opens on a Friday
night in Paris. Having packed up her possessions to move
in with her lover, Laure attempts to drive to have dinner
with friends but discovers that the traffic is at a standstill.
A handsome stranger knocks on her car window: this chance
encounter will change her life. Using little dialogue, Denis
allows Agnès Godard's luminous photography to take centre
stage, lending night-time Paris and the physical attraction
between Laure and Jean a palpable frisson. Beautifully scored
by Dickon Hinchliffe (of The Tindersticks), it's cinema
to mesmerise you.
Critics
"A swooningly
erotic, beguilingly romantic adventure...a rapturous transcription
of an evening in one woman's life" Peter
Bradshaw, The Guardian
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Directed
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Claire
Denis
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Written
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Emmanuèle
Bernheim
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Cast |
Valérie Lemercier
Vincent Lindon
Hélène de Saint-Père
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Cert |
15 |
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Length |
1
hr 29 mins. |
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Country |
France
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Language |
In French with English subtitles |
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