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A good challenging movie

  • May. 19th, 2009 at 3:03 PM
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This movie, "I've loved you for so long," is a really good movie. It was an amazing human drama, with a gentle pace, dramatic tension, and genuine and interesting characters. I watched it with my wife and we were both left with that amazing feeling you have when experiencing a piece of art that teaches about the tragedy and the resiliency of the human spirit.

The movie is about love, as much as anything else. Quiet, unflagging, patient, family love.

I don't want to do any kind of spoiler review, but just sketch out the set up of the film and tell people to see it. The movie takes place in France and is almost entirely in French. Watch it with the subtitles and hear the poetry in the soft gallic dialog. Kristin Scott Thomas plays Juliette, a woman just released from prison after a 15 year sentence for killing her son. Elsa Zylberstein plays Léa, her younger sister who takes Juliette into her family home while Juliette tries to reintegrate into society. Slowly, over the course of the movie, we learn who these characters really are and what they really mean to each other.

The movie is beautiful and amazing.

I highly recommend it.

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