SummaryLea and Juliette are sisters who are almost complete strangers. Juliette has just been released from prison after serving a long sentence. Lea contacted Juliette when she was released and suggested that Juliette come to live with her. Juliette had no particular desire to see her sister again. Life together isn’t easy to begin with. Juliette has t... Read More
Directed By:Philippe Claudel
Written By:Philippe Claudel
I've Loved You So Long
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Generally Favorable
79
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Generally Favorable
7.9
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
79
89% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
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100
Kristin Scott Thomas' performance in I've Loved You So Long is one of a small handful of highlights by which people will remember this year in movies. This is acting at its most exalted.
89
But let's be honest: Any actress can do melancholy; it takes a special talent to recognize that there's a certain luxuriousness, a certain joy, to be found in longtime self-hatred.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.9
84% Positive
16 Ratings
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5% Mixed
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11% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Mar 24, 2013
10
Riviting & exquisitely performed! This film is a love story that puts on display a stunning tour de force performance by the two female leads. Their interplay is more than worth the price of admission alone, and the supporting cast rings just as true. Their tale of love & redemption is familiar, but never done better, & without any cliches or film noir tricks to dress it up. I have never seen a film depicting the enduring love of a family member for a sibling as well as this bittersweet tale. The masterful craftsmanship of everyone involved is blessedly on display in ample abundance. Moving, heartfelt, inspirational & profound with scenes that will stay with you for a long time. Go ahead, treat yourself to a viewing (or several).
Jun 20, 2013
9
HeartBreaking Kristen Scott Thomas was great and gave the greatest performance by an actress in 2008 Elsa Zylberstein was a very good supporting player what a joy to watch them both interact on screen
83
It's no insult to the rest to say that this is one of those films that sells itself on the strength of a single performance.
80
A movie that is utterly engrossing despite being, on the surface, about very little.
75
A novelist and screenwriter, Claudel's directing for the first time here, and he leans on melodramatic contrivances more than he needs to. Still, he gives us a lean and observant weepie, and the mystery of Thomas's Juliette pulls you in.
75
Writer/director Philippe Claudel knows just how to structure a character study of this sort, so that key elements and important secrets are revealed over time, piquing our interest. The film is almost like a novel or short story, so one's curiosity is satisfied slowly.
50
Claudel commits the cardinal sin of withholding the full story until the very end, when it spills out in a histrionic scene between the two sisters and largely exonerates the older one.
Production Company:
- UGC YM
- Integral Film
- France 3 Cinéma
- UGC Images
- Sofica UGC 1
- Sofica Soficinéma 4
- Eurimages
- Région Lorraine
- Ville de Nancy
- Communaute Urbaine du Grand Nancy
- Canal+
- TPS Star
Release Date:Oct 24, 2008
Duration:1 h 57 m
Rating:PG-13
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
César Awards, France
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Chlotrudis Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
