Synopsis
In the short break between performances in Calais, stage actress Alix makes a quick escape to Paris. On the train she meets a mysterious English stranger and, for the most fleeting of afternoons, imagines what the future could hold down a different road.
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Cast
- Emmanuelle DevosAlix
- Gabriel ByrneL'homme
- Gilles PrivatRodolphe
- Aurélia PetitDiane
- Laurent CapellutoOlivier
- Noémie LandreauLa femme à l'accueil de la banque
- Françoise LebrunLa mère d'Alix (voice)
- Denis MénochetAntoine (voice)
- Sébastien Pouderoux
- Olivier Broche
Recommendations
- 80
The New York Times
The movie is beautifully acted, and the chemistry between Ms. Devos, who is 49 (her character is 43), and Mr. Byrne, 63, is heated in a sadder-but-wiser, grown-up way. - 80
Los Angeles Times
The film is a bracingly romantic drama that's alive with a mature sense of passion and mystery. - 67
The Playlist
Devos keeps her character’s unreliability and self-disappointment relatable, and falling backwards into a new lover is something that Devos captures beautifully with her uncertain facial expressions and hungry eyes. - 60
Village Voice
Just a Sigh's day-long liaison sustains interest largely for the appeal of Devos and Byrne, its accomplished leads — they share what is known in the rom-com lexicon as "chemistry," and this quality invigorates their time together, in bed and out. - 50
Slant Magazine
When Jérôme Bonnell allows his two magnificent leads to work at the sparse dialogue, he invokes a powerful, elemental sense of frank, sexual discussion and high-end flirtation, imbuing the relationships with a maturity that's loathsomely rare in films today. - 50
Washington Post
Without much to go on, Just a Sigh lives up to its name. It disappears without a trace. - 40
The Dissolve
The connection that these two are allegedly making must be taken on faith. Little is shown or spoken to sell it. - 40
New York Daily News
If you’re wondering how much heat you’ll find in this French romance, the title offers an unexpectedly frank clue.
