SILVER

[UN BEAU MATIN]
The many facets of one woman's identity are expertly explored in Mia Hansen-Løve's (BERGMAN ISLAND, THINGS TO COME) deeply personal drama about a mother, daughter, sister and lover at a crossroads. A luminous Léa Seydoux (BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR) stars as Sandra, a professional translator, widowed young mother to an eight-year-old and daughter of a father (Pascal Greggory) suffering from a neurodegenerative disease. When Sandra reconnects with an old friend (Melvil Poupaud), an unhappily married father, their friendship soon blossoms into a passionate affair, putting further wrinkles in an already complex familial and emotional situation. At the same time, Sandra mourns the loss of the relationship she once had with her father, unites with her mother and sister to fight for the care he requires and sees hope in her young daughter and her new relationship. Finely observed and nuanced, Hansen-Løve's empathetic portrait captures the whirlwinds of joy and pain, hope and despair, love and resentment that make up the moments of a life. Winner, Directors' Fortnight – Label Europa Cinemas, 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Official Selection, 2022 Telluride, Toronto and San Sebastián film festivals. DIR/SCR Mia Hansen-Løve; PROD Philippe Martin, Gerhard Meixner, David Thion. France, 2022, color, 112 min. In French with English subtitles. RATED R

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