6.6
A veteran actress comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career 20 years earlier.
Juliette Binoche
Maria Enders
Kristen Stewart
Valentine
Chloë Grace Moretz
Jo-Ann Ellis
Lars Eidinger
Klaus Diesterweg
Johnny Flynn
Christopher Giles
Angela Winkler
Rosa Melchior
Hanns Zischler
Henryk Wald
Nora Waldstätten
Actress in Sci-Fi movie
Brady Corbet
Piers Roaldson
Aljoscha Stadelmann
Urs Kobler
Claire Tran
Maria's London assistant
Stuart Manashil
Maria's agent
Péter Farkas
Journalist in Zürich
Ben Posener
Journalist in London
Ricardia Bramley
Talk show host
Luise Berndt
Urs' assistant
Gilles Tschudi
Mayor of Zürich
Benoit Peverelli
Berndt
Caroline De Maigret
Chanel PR
Arnold Gramara
Waldhaus concierge
Sean McDonagh
London theater assistant
Valery Bukreev
Wilhelm Melchior
Katrin Schmidt
Dorothea von Duisburg
Phoebe Lin
Cello player (concert at the Waldhaus)
Katarzyna Nawrotek
Violin player (concert at the Waldhaus)
David Seghezzo
Oboe player (concert at the Waldhaus)
Claire-Anne Piguet
Harpsichord player (concert at the Waldhaus)
Jerry Kwarteng
Journalist (uncredited)
Jakob Köhn
Jo-Ann's Manager (uncredited)
Steffen Mennekes
Journalist (uncredited)
Wilhelm J. Reitzenstein
Paparazzo (uncredited)
Rosa Schrehardt
Kellnerin (uncredited)
Director, Writer
Olivier Assayas
November 4, 2016
6
**The actors and their generation difference, evolution of cinema and the beauty of nature.**
This is about a middle aged actress who spends in the Swiss Alps with her personal assistant while preparing for the upcoming project. During that time, she receives a news that the author of the book which was adapted for the screen 20 years ago where she play a main role and now in its remake, she's doing another part, while a young sensation playing the main part. This is more like the evolution of cinema. The 20 years is too soon for her, while the cinema and its trend advanced rapidly. Precisely to say, the commercial films and young actors taking over the art films and true artists' places respectively.
If you at least 30 years old, you would get this film more than others. Because while I was growing up in the 90s, the cinema was so different. I'm not talking about the technology like computer graphics, but the story and how it was narrated for the screen. Now the science- fiction and dystopian themes taking over with the young audience and social media support. I think it was a quite meaningful film, particularly if you adore films like the recent evolution in cinema was so faster than ever.
The negatives were, the film was too long, slow pace and too simple drama. The positives were, the actors and their performances, the locations, theme and some of the dialogues. Directed by a French filmmaker, this is an international project with a few guest appearances. Most of the film was set in the Alps. Totally different than what I was anticipating, but I still like, except in a few parts where I got bored for its weak development. So this is for the selected audience, that mean it will be appreciated by a very few and I'm kind of neutral with mostly in its favour.
_6/10_
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$6,600,000.00
Revenue:
$1,851,517.00