Synopsis
The film follows a 30-year-old man named Gabriel, a French war reporter who was taken to hostage in Syria and then heads to India after months in captivity.
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Cast
- Roman KolinkaGabriel
- Aarshi BanerjeeMaya
- Alex DescasFrédéric
- Judith ChemlaNaomi
- Johanna ter SteegeJohanna
- Suzan AnbehSigrid
- Pathy AiyarMonty
- Sandrine DumasL'amie de Frédéric
- Nicolas SaadaL'agent de la DGSE
- Anjali KhuranaAnjali
Recommendations
- 83
IndieWire
In some ways, it’s the softest and most subtle of her six features. In others, it’s the most violent and stubborn of the lot, stunted in many of the same places where her previous stuff flowed like river water. But if Maya isn’t the best of Mia Hansen-Løve’s films, there’s a wayward urgency to the whole thing that makes it feel like it might have been a necessary one for her to make. - 83
IndieWire
In some ways, it’s the softest and most subtle of her six features. In others, it’s the most violent and stubborn of the lot, stunted in many of the same places where her previous stuff flowed like river water. But if Maya isn’t the best of Mia Hansen-Løve’s films, there’s a wayward urgency to the whole thing that makes it feel like it might have been a necessary one for her to make. - 75
The Film Stage
Compounded by lush photography and carefully calibrated performances, Maya intimately renders the crushing and rehabilitative power of memory, taking hazy, elusive feelings and bringing them into the realm of the tangible. - 75
The Film Stage
Compounded by lush photography and carefully calibrated performances, Maya intimately renders the crushing and rehabilitative power of memory, taking hazy, elusive feelings and bringing them into the realm of the tangible. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The result is a drama whose emotional charge is a tad more subdued than usual, even if there are several grace notes throughout. - 70
Screen Daily
As much as her camera patiently and sensitively observes Gabriel and Maya, they still feel a bit distant, their unspoken hopes and fears just out of reach — for us and perhaps for them, too. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The result is a drama whose emotional charge is a tad more subdued than usual, even if there are several grace notes throughout. - 70
Screen Daily
As much as her camera patiently and sensitively observes Gabriel and Maya, they still feel a bit distant, their unspoken hopes and fears just out of reach — for us and perhaps for them, too.
