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Director: André Téchiné
Movie review
From Time Out Online
Another very solid and casually complex work from Téchiné which thankfully refuses to sell short its beautifully played central drama – of impulsive young Jeanne (Dequenne in her strongest performance since ‘Rosetta’) and her inability to connect with anyone or anything – in favour of sermonising or finger pointing. Split into two long chapters – ‘Circumstances’ and ‘Consequences’ – the film details Jeanne’s troubled romance with amateur wrestler Franck (Duvauchelle), her relationship with her mother (Deneuve) and their subsequent re-acquaintance with a family friend who is now a respected lawyer specialising in race crimes. Boiled down, the film is about instability – both psychological and political – but it’s equally interested in the trials that Jeanne has to overcome in order to blossom into a discerning and astute adult.Author: David Jenkins
Time Out Online London Film Festival 2009
Cast & crew
Director: André Téchiné
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Emilie Dequenne, Michel Blanc, Mathieu Demy, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Duration: 105 mins
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