User Reviews

Saw this at the Film Festival of Angoulême. The beginning scene is a baroque outburst of violence filmed in slow-mo. We see a woman attacking her mother while two men are trying to contain her. Of course you expect to discover later on why this person did that, but no, it is never explained in the film which is absolutely unforgivable. We don't have a crystal ball. What on earth happened? You don't attack someone violently like that for no reason. Unfortunately, it's exactly what the film is telling us. The woman has a violent temper and the reason why the film was made in the first place is to show that women can be violent as well, and I'm quoting the director here. Well, if this is the way, you want to show it, then maybe you should think twice. And maybe, just maybe, write a proper script first. There is zero psychology, hence zero character development.

The actors weren't bad, except for Bruni-Tedeschi. She has been playing the same role for the last 10 years. Can't see her anymore.

The only good thing about this film is the technical achievement, that's why the two stars were given. Good camera work and good editing. But of course that is not enough. How this got funding in the first place and made it to the official competition in Berlin is beyond me. Ursula Meier is a very overestimated director.

This recent french drama is definitely one of the greatest and most unique pieces of the year.

It's a rather complex relationship drama, with incredible acting that is sure to move you.

The core of the film is the relationship between mother and daughter, or rather the lack of it. There is love, but it is kept at a distance (both literally and figuratively), and very subtly done.

The film doesn't reallt resolve the conflicts it sets up, which is definitely the point of it all, and it feels very bittersweet in a lot of ways.

Overall, a very unique and beautifully put together piece that I would very much recommend!