It tells the story of a woman struggling to interact with. Dark matter in ive loved you so long and synecdoche, new york by brian d. Its a line from a popular french song that, in this film, two sisters might learn as a piano duet. When she was convicted her parents declared they wanted nothing more to. A story about our secrets, about confinement, about the. Johnson november 7, 2008 now that its november, the days are getting darker and so are the movies. Ive loved you so long is a 2008 frenchcanadian drama film written and directed by philippe claudel. Having served 15 years in prison for an unspeakable crime, shes back on the outside and with nowhere else to go, she comes to. Although she may seem cold and distant, her attitude stems more from her being ill at ease.
Ive loved you so long 2008 pg 0319 2008 us drama 1h 55m user score. Ive loved you so long runs a bit longer than it perhaps needed to, and the last act contains. For some reason though the situation never arose until today. In the french drama ive loved you so long, kristen scott thomas plays a woman who returns to her family after serving a 15year prison sentence. Get a list of the best movie and tv titles recently added and coming. Academy award nominee kristin scott thomas the english patient, gosford park gives the performance of her career in the highly acclaimed drama ive loved you so long. Ive loved you so long 2008 the movie database tmdb.
Both of the sisters are believed responsible for a tragic death some years in the past. Ive loved you so long 2008 stream and watch online. Sonys standarddefinition presentation of ive loved you so long came out dayanddate with a highdefinition release, but itd be hard to imagine a significantly better transfer than this looker. A broken soul wandering aimlessly on the long path to. This is the theatrical trailer for ive loved you so long, directed by philippe claudel. Ive loved you so long is one of those french movies which embed their characters in a robust bourgeois culture. Ive loved you so long 2008, directed by philippe claudel. Having served 15 years in prison for an unspeakable crime, shes back on the outside. Its a splendid thought provoking movie, another sterling effort in the catalogue of. As juliette gets settled, lea does her best to make her feel welcome. That is to say that almost everything in the film, from composition to narrative arc to dialogue, is contingent on a central character.
Ive loved you so long could be renamed for me as ive wanted to watch you so long. Night shyamalan niche, insofar as the whole movie pivots on its final five minutes, which dont make a. Ive loved you so long is a meditative french drama about awakening from a metaphorical death. Ive loved you so long 2008 after serving 15 years in prison for killing her young son, juliette kristin scott thomas moves in with her younger sister, lea elsa zylberstein. A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison. There are subtle questions about whether either one can be trusted even now. Rent ive loved you so long 2008 starring kristin scott thomas and elsa zylberstein on dvd and bluray. Juliette kristin scott thomas, displaying her fluent french has served her time and left prison in the l. All about my mother 1999, the keys to the house 2004, the sons room 2001, life as a house 2001, rabbit hole 2010. Kristin scott thomas, elsa zylberstein, serge hazanavicius.
Its about how a shared past can inform present expectations and about whether relationships can bridge a gulf of years and extend beyond a tragedy that is in many ways neither understood nor explained. This is a jailbreak movie, if not in the usual sense. Ive loved you so long is a title that doesnt translate very well. Ive loved you so long is a film directed by philippe claudel with kristin scott. Ive loved you so long t he presence of kristin scott thomas in this literate french movie by philippe claudel is so powerfully. Philippe claudels debut film, ive loved you so long, could have been great, but its saturated with a bourgeois, pbstype tone that drains most of the drama away. Ive loved you so long begins with a situation similar to rachel getting married. The opening shot of ive loved you so long is a shock. One of the years major disappointments, at least if you consider it against the advance buzz, is philippe claudels ive loved you so long, a depressed, french inroad into the m. Ive loved you so long is a sublimely acted family drama as well as a noteworthy directorial debut. Ive loved you so long dvd, 2009 for sale online ebay. The world has moved on and she often seems confused. Ive loved you so long marks the directorial debut of frances philippe claudel, a university literature professor who also wrote the script. The stunning, baftawinning drama stars kristin scott thomas as an excon starting afresh after a fifteenyear prison sentence.
A worldweary woman kristin scott thomas tries to reconnect with her estranged sister. Ive loved you so long dvd, 2009 ive loved you so long is a frenchlanguage movie that stars kristin scott thomas as a woman haunted by her past. The film has yet to bow here, yet kristin scott thomas is already a magnet for oscar buzz. Juliette fontaine is an exdoctor whos a shell of her former self. The movie takes on a challenging premise, does enough spadework to address it meaningfully, then inexplicably backs away in the last reel. Novelistturnedfilmmaker philippe claudels debut film, ive loved you so long, is a character study in the very strictest of terms. Why is her face, with its famously aristocratic bone structure, so.
For 15 years, juliette has had no ties with her family who had rejected her. Having served prison time for 15 years for murder, juliette fontaine is released on parole and goes to live with her younger sister, lea elsa zylberstein who was only a teenager when juliette. Without a doubt, juliette begins to dominate ive loved you so long, even though the films title insists that the relationship between the sisters is central. Kristin scott thomas is so overpowering a presence that after a certain point, she owns this movie. Best movies like ive loved you so long bestsimilar. Find a full list of movie and tv titles headed to disc in may 2020. With nowhere else to go, she comes to live with her loving but estranged sister lea elsa zylberstein. Although life once violently separated them, lea, her younger sister, takes her into. Ive loved you so long riveting kristin scott thomas performance in ive loved you so long is one of a small handful of highlights by which people will. As circumstances surrounding juliettes long absence gradually unfold, painful. A broken soul wandering aimlessly on the long path to redemption left to right. One sister is released from an institution for a homecoming with another sister who is not overjoyed to see her. In this intense french drama, juliette is released from jail after serving 15 years for murder. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
In ive loved you so long by philippe claudel she plays juliette, a woman just released from. One sister is released from an institution for a homecoming. Ive loved you so long is a film about the strength of women, their capacity to shine forth, reconstruct themselves and be reborn. Juliette has just been released from prison after serving a long sentence. If youre after a low maintenance, easy to watch accessible movie then look elsewhere.
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