After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her estate.
Acting
Binoche's suppressed eye-roll at her brothers is masterclass.
Direction
Assayas builds whole worlds in rooms where nothing happens.
Writing
Dialogue so natural you'll eavesdrop on your own family.
Director
Olivier Assayas
Juliette Binoche
Adrienne
Charles Berling
Frédéric
Jérémie Renier
Jérémie
Édith Scob
Hélène
Dominique Reymond
Lisa
Valérie Bonneton
Angela
Isabelle Sadoyan
Eloïse
Kyle Eastwood
James
Alice de Lencquesaing
Sylvie
Émile Berling
Pierre
Gilles Arbona
Maître Lambert
Éric Elmosnino
Le commissaire de police
Sara Martins
Atachée de presse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Assayas conceived this as part of a planned trilogy about globalization; the other two films were never made.
The Musée d'Orsay commissioned this as part of their expansion—rare institutional faith in slow cinema.
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