2014 · drama · french
Clouds of Sils Maria
Directed by Olivier Assayas2h 4m2014
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.
Our read: Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · french entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / french, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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