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Ouverture : Avec amour et archarnement
Claire Denis
10 Jun 2022
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Set in Paris in the winter: Sarah and Jean are in love, they have lived together for several years. A love that makes them happy and stronger. They trust each other. Their desire has never faded. One morning, Sarah bumps into her ex-lover François, François who introduced her to Jean, François who she left for Jean without a moment’s hesitation.
An adaptation of the novel A Turning Point in Life (2018), by Christine Angot, who also co-wrote the screenplay. “The plot is extremely banal, without any dramatic twists to spice it up. Yet Claire Denis has pulled off a film depicting pure anxiety constantly amplified by the use of masks, as an ongoing reference to the pandemic. There’s a pathogen in the air. Taking up a love affair where you left off is like a relapse. Some love bonds are like a disease.” Jean-Marc Lalanne, Les Inrockuptibles, February 2022
Claire Denis, Avec amour et acharnement (Both Sides of the Blade), France, 2022, DCP, 116 min, col., Original version in French.
With Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Grégoire Colin and Bulle Ogier.
Silver Bear for Best Director.
Due for release on 31 August 2022
It open the Berlin International Film Festival in Paris
Attended by Claire Denis, Grégoire Colin, Bulle Ogier and Carlo Chatrian.
When
8pm - 10:30pm
Where
Claire Denis, Avec amour et acharnement, 2022
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