Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Having served 15 years in prison for an unspeakable crime, shes back on the outside. Sometimes a good movie or story is made better by a great performance. The films plot revolves around the death of a young child and its resolution is so contentious its difficult to say if the movie is any good or not. Juliette kristin scott thomas and her sister lea elsa zylberstein play it on the piano together a bit over an hour into the film.
Elsa zylberstein play it on the piano together a bit over an hour into the film. A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after. Sony pictures classics presents ive loved you so long. It tells the story of a woman struggling to interact with her.
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. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing ive loved you so long near you. Every revelation feels earned, and the movie offers emotional rewards that. Ive loved you so long juliette fontaine kristin scott thomas, golden globe nominee for ive loved you so long, oscar nominee for the english patient is a frail, haunted woman, an exdoctor whos a shell of her former self. Oct 23, 2008 you cant possibly be prepared for the gutwrenching, emotional experience of the brilliant new french drama ive loved you so long, the mustsee movie of 2008. Night shyamalan niche, insofar as the whole movie pivots on its final five minutes, which dont make a lick of sense. The films poster is a closeframed shot of thomas face, classically beautiful as always, but pale of skin and drained of fathomable emotion.
Last years french melodrama ive loved you so long is difficult to understand without being a parent. Oct 24, 2008 the film has yet to bow here, yet kristin scott thomas is already a magnet for oscar buzz. For this is not a film of narrative events so much as of unfolding exposition, as the details of juliettes secret are gradually revealed, and her incarceration, both literal and metaphorical, is. Kristin scott thomas in ive loved you so long t he presence of kristin scott thomas in this literate french movie by philippe claudel is so powerfully distinctive that its as if claudel has not. Download ive loved you so long 2008 full watch moviehd. 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. I ve loved you so long is one of those, increasingly rare, films which moves slowly and carefully, but is utterly involving from the first. If most filmmakers can be accused of spoonfeeding information to their viewers, french writerdirector philippe claudel practically forces his audience to forage for it.
I have always loved you grammaire even if it was what she loved that killed her. Jan 05, 2009 secrets, confinement and isolation are the themes explored in this debut feature of french novelist philippe claudel. Elsa zylberstein, serge hazanavicius, jeanclaude arnaud. In her englishlanguage roles, she sometimes seems a little cool, ever so slightly aloof. That is what occurs with the french language film ive loved you so long, in.
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. The film s plot revolves around the death of a young child and its resolution is so contentious its difficult to say if the movie is any good or not. Having served 15 years in prison for an unspeakable crime, shes back on the outside and with nowhere else to go, she comes to. Well, more or less the duration of french novelist philippe claudels directorial debut ive loved you so long. Oct 23, 2008 the new french film, ive loved you so long, is the kind of picture american movie makers dont make anymore. Ive loved you so long 2009, sony purchase this movie from amazon.
In this intense french drama, juliette is released from jail after serving 15 years for murder. I ve loved you so long is as french as tarte du pomme. Philippe claudelas french film, iave loved you so long, opens at an airport where a woman smokes a cigarette, waiting for her sister. Secrets, confinement and isolation are the themes explored in this debut feature of french novelist philippe claudel. French writerdirector philippe claudel practically forces his audience to forage for it. Ive loved you so long is a meditative french drama about awakening from a metaphorical death. Juliette fontaine kristin scott thomas, golden globe nominee for ive loved you so long, oscar nominee for the english patient is a frail, haunted woman, an exdoctor whos a shell of her former self. After 15 years in prison for an asyetunrevealed crime, juliette thomas is released to the custody of her younger sister, lea zylberstein, who warmly welcomes her into the home she shares with her two adopted girls. Ive loved you so long begins with a situation similar to rachel getting married. Kristin scott thomas performance in ive loved you so long is one of a small handful of highlights by which people will remember this year in movies. One of the most french elements in loved you is juliette, played by kristin scott thomas. Plus a look at the new french film starring kristin scott thomas i have loved you so long directed by the multitalented writer philippe claudel. Ive loved you so long is a film that sensitively explores the life of juliette fontaine kristin scott thomas, who has just been released from a 15 year prison sentence, and is now trying to settle into a normal life while living with her long estranged sister elsa zylberstein and her family. Ive loved you so long 2008 watch ive loved you so long 2008 movie webdl this is a file losslessly ripped from a streaming service, such as netflix, amazon video, hulu, cive loved you.
At the clear fountain while i was strolling by i found the water so nice that i went in to bathe. One sister is released from an institution for a homecoming with another sister who is not overjoyed to see her. The film s poster is a closeframed shot of thomas face, classically beautiful as always, but pale of skin and drained of fathomable emotion. Certainly thats the case with novelist philippe claudels directorial debut i loved you so long, although theres also something inherently different about the way the movie feels, as it. Its a highquality adult melodrama, conventional in technique but not story. The presence of kristin scott thomas in this literate french movie by philippe claudel is so powerfully distinctive that its as if claudel has not. Ive loved you so long is a sublimely acted family drama as well as a. The woman is juliette played by kristin scott thomas, just released from prison after serving 15 years for a horrible crime, the murder of her son. He knows its multiple, that intentions are multiple as are truths. Mar 10, 2009 ive loved you so long 2009, sony purchase this movie from amazon.
The woman is juliette played by kristin scott thomas, just released from prison after serving 15 years for a. Ive loved you so long is a 2008 frenchcanadian drama film written and directed by philippe claudel. Oct 24, 2008 enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing ive loved you so long near you. Juliette fontaine dame kristin scott thomas was in prison for fifteen years. Both of the sisters are believed responsible for a tragic death some years in the past. There are subtle questions about whether either one can be trusted even now. It tells the story of a woman struggling to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison. Oct 29, 2008 i ve loved you so long begins with a situation similar to rachel getting married. Ive loved you so long is one of those, increasingly rare, films which moves slowly and carefully, but is utterly involving from the first. Interview with philippe claudel, director of ive loved you. Altogether ive loved you so long is something of a great work, and one id be inclined to give the full fivestar rating to were it not for claudels decision to have the film backed with. It does not worry about its audience getting bored and has the courage not to rush through its story. 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. Kristin scott thomas stars in this french drama about a woman who turns up in the lives of her.
While jonathan demmes rachel getting married was a selfindulgent melodrama, french writerdirector philippe claudels ive loved you so long is an elegant and moving family drama. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information. Ive loved you so long is a film about the strength of women, their capacity to shine forth, reconstruct themselves and be reborn. Interview with philippe claudel, director of ive loved. The film has yet to bow here, yet kristin scott thomas is already a magnet for oscar buzz. I have just modified one external link on ive loved you so long. The new french film, ive loved you so long, is the kind of picture american movie makers dont make anymore.
It tells the story of a woman struggling to interact with. A story about our secrets, about confinement, about the. Oct 23, 2008 certainly thats the case with novelist philippe claudels directorial debut i loved you so long, although theres also something inherently different about the way the movie feels, as it. Ive loved you so long 2008 directed by philippe claudel. And ive loved you so long, a new french film written and. The moment juliette was convicted, her parents declared that they wanted nothing to do with her.
The only part that seemed a bit phony to me was the way the little. Ive loved you so long, a french drama about a tortured excon, and. Its not perfect, but its so different than most movies, even most french movies, that i rounded up. French movie by philippe claudel is so powerfully distinctive that its as if claudel has not merely written the lead role for her, but extrapolated his films entire. 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. Sep 30, 2014 juliette fontaine is an exdoctor whos a shell of her former self. When she was convicted her parents declared they wanted nothing more to. The film rolls into a new zealand general release with a tidal wave of critical praise behind it. In ive loved you so long by philippe claudel she plays juliette, a woman just released from.
The french author has written over fifteen novels translated into over thirty languages and winner of many literary prizes, and now, in his mid 40s, hes turned his eye to filmmaking with his feature debut ive loved you so long. Empty competition berlin rarely do head and heart coalesce to such sublime effect in film as in ive loved you for so long, the debut feature by philippe claudel, who directs like a veteran. Oct 30, 2008 ive loved you so long is a film about the strength of women, their capacity to shine forth, reconstruct themselves and be reborn. Juliette fontaine is an exdoctor whos a shell of her former self. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the film and 48 hours to finish it. The title is translated for the englishspeaking market as ive loved you so long. The masterful craftsmanship of everyone involved is blessedly on display in ample abundance. At its heart i have loved you so long is a mystery where the hidden truth gradually becomes less important to the audience than the journey of discovery which is slowly revealed through the extraordinary acting of kristin scott thomas as juliette fontaine.
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