1996 · drama · art house
Nénette and Boni
Directed by Claire Denis1h 39m1996
Teenage siblings Nenette and Boni were raised apart as a result of their parents' divorce. Their mother, who doted on her son Boni, has died. He works for an interesting couple as a pizza baker, and is surprised and enraged when his younger sister, having run away from boarding school, suddenly turns up. There's a problem that they must confront.
Our read: Nénette and Boni (1996) reads as a neutral, measured, inventive drama · art house entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, measured drama / art house, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- measured
- intimate
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