Directed by:
Emmanuel FinkielCinematography:
Alexis KavyrchineCast:
Mélanie Thierry, Benoît Magimel, Elsa Amiel, Grégoire Gros, Benjamin Biolay, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Emmanuel Bourdieu, Shulamit Adar, Laure Giappiconi (more)VOD (1)
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When she finds two old notebooks in a forgotten box, Marguerite Duras remembers her past and the unbearable pain of waiting. In the 1944 Nazi-occupied France, the young and brilliant author is an active Resistance member with her husband Robert Antelme. When he is deported by the Gestapo, she throws herself into a desperate struggle to get him back. She develops a chilling relationship with local Vichy collaborator Rabier and takes terrible risks to save Robert, playing a cat-and-mouse game of unpredictable meetings all over Paris. Does he really want to help her? Or is he trying to dig up information about the anti-Nazi underground movement? Finally the war ends and camp victims return, an excruciating period for her, a long and silent agony after the chaos of the Liberation of Paris. But she continues to wait, bound to the torment of absence even beyond hope. (San Sebastian International Film Festival)
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I don't have any major complaints about this psychological drama, it just could have been a bit shorter, leaving out the more boring passages. I really liked the cameraman's work, especially the last shot I was impressed with. It felt like Marguerite Duras’ painful thoughts had materialized. Apart from the very convincing Mélanie Thierry in the lead role, Benoît Magimel caught my attention as he has put on some weight, but he is still in great acting form. I'm sorry he didn't get more space; his interaction with Mélanie is definitely one of the most interesting moments of the entire film. (70%)
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