Seeking out the
5000 greatest films
in a century of cinema
Suzanna Andler
Directed by
Benoît Jacquot
Produced by Kristina Larsen
Screenplay by Benoît Jacquot Based on the play by Marguerite Duras
Produced by Kristina Larsen
Screenplay by Benoît Jacquot Based on the play by Marguerite Duras
With:
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Niels Schneider, Nathan Willcocks, Julia Roy, and the voice of Sandrine Rivet
Cinematography:
Christophe Beaucarne
Editing: Julia Gregory
Editing: Julia Gregory
Runtime:
131 min
Release Date: 02 June 2021
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 02 June 2021
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
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Gainsbourg holds the screen even when playing a completely disaffected character, but Jacquot’s meanderingly photographed, ennui infused adaptation of Marguerite Duras’s portrait of a bourgeois '60s woman trapped in an unfulfilling marriage feels wildly out of step with contemporary concerns and relationship dynamics.