Synopsis
From Paris in the 1960s to London in the first decade of the third millennium, Madeleine and her daughter Véra flit from one amorous adventure to the next, living for the moment and taking all the opportunities that life offers. But not every love affair is without its consequences, its upsets and its disappointments. As time goes by and gnaws away at one’s deepest feelings, love becomes a harder game to play.
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Cast
- Chiara MastroianniVéra Passer
- Catherine DeneuveMadeleine
- Ludivine SagnierMadeleine jeune
- Louis GarrelClément
- Miloš FormanJaromil
- Paul SchneiderHenderson
- Radivoje BukvićJaromil Jeune
- Michel DelpechFrançois Gouriot
- Omar Ben SellemOmar
- Dustin Segura-SuarezMathieu
Recommendations
- 80
Empire
Christophe Honoré goes epic in a tale of interlocking lives that owes a debt to Jacques Demy. It won't be to everyone's taste but it's playful enough to win us over. - 75
The A.V. Club
Honoré's combination of contemporary romantic hijinks and the stylization inherent in the musical genre aren't juxtaposed ironically: Beloved is a tenderly sincere musical that celebrates love even as it acknowledges the ways in which it can sometimes lead to tragedy. - 75
IndieWire
Beloved never really earns its sprawling timeline, eventually getting bogged down with too many developments and overstaying its welcome. For a movie where people intermittently burst into song, the plot is oddly one-note. - 60
The Guardian
The movie is at its lightest, most charming and most persuasive in the 60s; as it approaches the present, something inescapably preposterous weighs it down, though Honoré carries it off with some flair. - 60
Total Film
Alex Beaupain's songs effectively convey emotion, but Beloved doesn't scale the heights of the Truffaut and Demy films it pastiches. - 50
Slant Magazine
Ultimately crammed at a frustrating juncture between period-piece froth and seriously conceived drama, never tipping its hand toward either. - 40
Time Out
Even with Gallic neomusical royalty like Catherine Deneuve joining in the fray, the whole endeavor reeks of the filmmaker throwing everything against the wall yet barely making anything stick. - 40
New York Daily News
Long before your 140 minutes are up, you may wish you went to see "Sparkle" instead.
