Anchored by an achingly sensitive performance from Lola Créton, Mia Hansen-Løve’s discerning study of personal revolution depicts adolescence with peerless grace. Illuminating a youthful romance with palpably lived wisdom, this sun-drenched film plumbs the profound immensity of formative first love.
Some 18 years after Cold Water, Olivier Assayas revisits his own autobiography for this deeply-felt yet unsentimental drama: a rear-view look at his adolescence in the aftermath of May 1968. A poignant portrait of a generation in mourning, coming-of-age in the face of failed revolution.
Claire Denis explores the dark side of erotics with a fascination and fearlessness that few other filmmakers possess. Bristling with passion and pain, Chiara Mastroianni and Vincent Lindon are accessories to a festering spiral of unthinkable transgression in this sinister but thrilling noir.
