Synopsis
A middle-aged writer is looking for a quiet retreat; a slightly younger female estate agent gives him details of a house a close to Venice.
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Cast
- André DussollierFrancis
- Carole BouquetJudith
- Mélanie ThierryAlice
- Adriana AstiAnna Maria
- Mauro ConteJérémie
- Alexis LoretRoger
- Zoé DuthionVicky
- Sandra ToffolattiThe Comtess
- Andrea PergolesiAlvise
- Fabio AlessandriniLe vigneron
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
In his elliptical and somewhat loopy drama about the slipperiness of love at any age, French filmmaker André Téchiné uses the sight of scudding motorboats on the waterways around workaday Venice as a visual reinforcement of time as a river. - 83
Christian Science Monitor
Among other things, Unforgivable is a free-floating meditation on the distresses and exhilarations of being a parent. - 75
Slant Magazine
The layered, character-driven drama may subvert expectations of a sunny Venetian noir, but observes its five principal characters with a probing, egalitarian eye. - 75
New York Post
Both Venice and Bouquet are photographed to ravishing effect, and like the city, Judith is meant to suggest something trapped into being a fantasy for others. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Téchiné is a restless director, a fastidious storyteller who is not interested in what less adventurous movies have to say about human relationships. He wants to dig deeper, even if the results aren't always clear. - 63
Boston Globe
Everyone is equal parts emotional victim and villain in Unforgivable, an elegantly rambling Franco-Italian affair about the ways we do each other wrong while trying to do each other right. - 60
Time Out
While Unforgivable stays true to this approach, its disparate souls feel too scattershot to be interwoven into a meaningful narrative tapestry. - 60
The New York Times
Unforgivable isn't one of Mr. Téchiné's greatest achievements, but it's engrossing even when its increasingly populated story falters, tripped up by unpersuasive actions, connections and details.
