SummaryClaire (Juliette Binoche), a 50-year-old divorced teacher, creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman. She finds a photo of a pretty young blonde and uses it. She has created an entirely fictional character, but why?
Directed By:Safy Nebbou
Written By:Camille Laurens, Safy Nebbou, Julie Peyr
Who You Think I Am
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Generally Favorable
70
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Universal Acclaim
8.5
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Generally Favorable
81% Positive
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Sep 4, 2021
100
You may think you know what to expect from Nebbou’s gem, but as it unfolds, the tragic, hilarious, deeply cynical, and oddly uplifting film proves to be as multidimensional and expectations-defying as its formidable protagonist.
Sep 3, 2021
80
Social media is not an inherently cinematic subject, but Ms. Binoche is, and in the hands of director Nebbou and cinematographer Gilles Porte the story of Claire becomes, both visually and psychologically, a bridge between worlds, ethereal, tragic and more than a little scary.
Aug 25, 2021
80
It all adds up to a very modern drama about age-old anxieties: the fear of ageing and death; the desire for intimacy and reassurance; the allure of artifice and deceit.
Sep 3, 2021
75
It’s a Russian nesting doll of intentions, betrayals, and self-delusions that presents its story of deception in a manner that's constantly surprising.
Sep 3, 2021
50
Because much of the rest of the story is so underdeveloped — notably Claire’s intimate life with her frustratingly generic children — the character overwhelms everything, including the fragile realism.
Apr 22, 2020
40
While Binoche is reliably magnetic and the fitfully pretty visuals match a ripped-from-the-headlines script, Who You Think I Am’s pot never quite comes to the boil.
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Aug 14, 2022
7
I like this sort of story, the whole anonymity of the internet and the repercussions it can bring being questioned, that side of it. I liked Binoche's performance - she's very believable and it'd be hard not to feel for her character, even though what she does isn't right. I found some of what happened to be a little questionable - the series of events after a certain point. That's more to do with understanding the chronology than anything else I think. The psychological aspect to this film really interested me but I did feel a little like it was holding something back. I suppose I assumed we (as in the viewer) would find out a bit more about Claire's background, her childhood etc. through her therapy sessions but that doesn't entirely happen. Its a good film for starting conversations about creating new identities and the like but it didn't entirely work for me. Its still worth seeing for Juliette Binoche's performance if nothing else though, I'd say.
Production Company:
- Diaphana Production
- France 3 Cinéma
- Scope Pictures
- France Télévisions
- Canal+
- Ciné+
- Playtime
- La Région Île-de-France
- Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM)
- La Banque Postale Image 12
- Sofica Manon 8
- Cinécap 2
- Piste Rouge
Release Date:Sep 3, 2021
Duration:1 h 41 m
Awards
Cabourg Romantic Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
