Two seemingly happily married French couples are forced to contend with a number of issues.
Acting
Nathalie Baye's devastating restraint as a woman quietly falling apart.
Writing
Dialogue that captures how people actually talk themselves into disaster.
Director
Noémie Lvovsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lvovsky was part of the 1990s French 'jeune cinéma' movement that rejected polished narratives for messy emotional realism.
The film's original French title 'Les Sentiments' carries more philosophical weight—'sentiments' encompassing both feelings and opinions, suggesting how the characters confuse the two.
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