Léa (Elsa Zylberstein) and Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) are sisters. The film begins with Léa, the younger sister by 15 years, picking Juliette up at the airport. We soon realise that the two sisters are almost complete strangers to each other. Juliette has just been released from prison after serving a long sentence.
A fine-tuned psychological insight, walking-on-eggs narrative finesse and a devastating, career-best performance by Kristin Scott Thomas make I’ve Loved You So Long a more than impressive achievement by debut director Philippe Claudel. This is a topof-the-range family melodrama sparingly told and austerely framed, Claudel’s tale of guilt, grief and redemption will have viewers thinking deep and long.
110 minutes, dir. Philippe Claudel,
released 2008.
December 5th at Broughton Hall. 7:45 pm
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