Isabelle Huppert,
Pascal Greggory,
Maud Forget,
Fabienne Babe,
André Marcon
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Sylvia (Huppert) is a prostitute in Nice, with a self-protective talent for blocking out huge chunks of her past. When her 14-year-old daughter, Laurence (Maud Forget), skips out on foster care to see... read more
DVD Release Date: November 23, 2004
Stats: 28 reviews
A slice of a story of a disturbed woman, but the kind of stereotypical pretentious art film so often lampooned. Still okay, but definitely take with a grain of salt.
Like an old Hollywood star vehicle, this French import does its job, providing its lead actress with compelling emotional circumstances and its audience with arresting contexts through which to percei... Full Review
It all does come down to Huppert with this film, to the moods, emotional states and character moments she can create, to the delicate magic she can work on screen. Full Review
[The film is] strongest when Huppert is plying her sordid trade, her face a cracking mask of emotional devastation. Full Review
An acting vehicle for the eternally sensual Isabelle Huppert. Full Review
Lacks much in the way of compelling narrative or credible characterizations, but it once again reaffirms Huppert's place in the pantheon of French film actors.
Posh and overwrought tale of gorgeous scenery and mental illness. Full Review
Isabelle Huppert is such a wonderful actress, it's a shame that her latest film to reach our shores, La Vie Promise, directed by Olivier Dahan, isn't better.
Huppert is never less than fascinating. Full Review
Isabelle Huppert, an actress incapable of making a mawkish gesture, fights tooth and nail to keep this soft-boiled story of an embittered prostitute from turning to mush. Full Review
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