- Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
- Release Date: Nov 23, 2012
- Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts
- Summary: Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
- Director: Jacques Audiard
- Genre(s): Drama, Mystery
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 6
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Mixed: 0 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Sep 12, 201290Physically it is a kick in the teeth, a depiction of poverty, sex and violence which crosses most known codes of acceptability.
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80Sometimes engrossing, sometimes exasperating romance. In these scenes, Cotillard shows she doesn't need the validation of Cannes or the Academy. Her strong, subtle performance is gloriously winning on its own.
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80What could have been simply bizarre, sentimental or contrived here becomes an utterly absorbing love story.