2016 · solitude · elderly · painterly
Louise by the Shore
Directed by Jean-François Laguionie1h 15m2016
On the last day of summer in a small seaside resort town, an older woman named Louise realizes that the last train has departed without her. She finds herself alone in the town, abandoned by everyone. As the weather turns for the worse and with no one to keep her company, louise must rely on her past to help her survive the present.
Our read: Louise by the Shore (2016) reads as a warm, measured, inventive solitude · elderly · painterly entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, measured, gentle solitude / elderly, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- measured
- intimate
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