In high summer, Sasha suddenly dies. Her death brings two virtual strangers, her boyfriend Lawrence and sister Zoé, closer together, sharing their grief and the burden of their loss in Berlin, Paris and New York.
Acting
Anders Danielsen Lie's muted grief that never asks for sympathy.
Cinematography
Three cities shot like memories you're trying to hold onto.
Direction
Hers lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Mikhaël Hers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anders Danielsen Lie is also a doctor in real life—his clinical precision in emotional scenes is apparently not acting.
Hers belongs to a wave of French filmmakers obsessed with quotidian grief; this film practically whispers where others would melodrama.
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