Synopsis
A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.
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Cast
- Kristin Scott ThomasJuliette
- Elsa ZylbersteinLéa
- Serge HazanaviciusLuc
- Claire JohnstonMère
- Frédéric PierrotCapitaine Fauré
- Laurent GrévillMichel
- Lise SégurP'tit Lys
- Jean-Claude ArnaudPapy Paul
- Mouss ZouheyriSamir
- Souad MouchrikKaisha
Recommendations
- 90
Wall Street Journal
Philippe Claudel gives his heroine unusual depth, which Kristin Scott Thomas reveals with unusual passion. - 90
Los Angeles Times
Performances this strong and direction this sensitive make us simply grateful to have an emotional story we can sink our teeth into and enjoy. - 83
The A.V. Club
The film deftly sketches a sibling relationship complicated by obligation, guilt, mistrust, and, not least, an abiding love. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A scintillating drama about pain and healing made with intelligence and compassion. - 80
Variety
A movie that is utterly engrossing despite being, on the surface, about very little. - 80
The New York Times
A revelation comes near the end that is both tremendously moving and a bit disappointing, in the way that the solutions to great mysteries frequently are. This turn does not diminish the accomplishment of Ms. Scott Thomas's deep, subtle and altogether stunning performance, but it does alter the scale of the movie, turning it into a more manageable, less existentially unsettling drama. - 75
ReelViews
The movie's action largely takes place beneath the skin. The pace is slow but not glacial, yet Claudel demands patience. Ultimately, I've Loved You So Long is uplifting, although one might not expect that from the thematic material. - 75
USA Today
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.
