Dir: Jacques Audiard
2012
*****
A women whose legs are chewed off by a killer whale starts a relationship with a street fighter who treats her relatively badly but is occasionally helpful. It doesn't sound like the premise of a classy romantic film does it, but surprisingly it is a beautiful love story. It is beautifully filmed, the two lead roles are passionately performed by Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts and the story is original and compelling. It's the simplest of components that make films like this great, other young directors should take note! That poor little boy though, I'm not sure I would have signed him up if I was his parent after reading the script! Jacques Audiard is fast becoming a director to take notice of.
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