Claire Denis in a more playful mood than perhaps we're used to in a tale of sex and unrequited love. Juliette Binoche, (superb, as ever), is the middle-aged artist whose life is far from satisfactory, particularly her love life. The film opens with Binoche having sex with a man it clearly becomes obvious is far from worthy of her and is, in fact, something of a misogynist pig and a married one as well. You could say that after this it's all downhill for her as she drifts from one unsatisfactory relationship to another.If the movie is less than hilarious it shows that Denis can still tackle comedy and that she has a much lighter side to her than we might have imagined. It's mostly a series of conversations, all of them smart with Binoche clearly relishing a terrific part, a potentially tragic character that she has great fun subverting. In fact, the only thing wrong with the picture is Binoche; she's such an extraordinarily beautiful woman and so obviously more intelligent than anyone else on screen, it's hard to believe her life can be such a mess. But if you accept that it is, then Denis' movie is a real treat and with a lovely end-of-movie cameo from Gerard Depardieu, what's not to love?
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