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  Review by David Sims ★★★½

  ah, to be in Paris, worrying that you've become a boring lover

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  Review by rosiee ★★★★ 3

  ugh hot french people fucking and being terrible at communicating is honestly such a vibe, i loved this film

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  Review by ItsMaya ★★★★

  Portrait of a Lady online

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  Review by Ella Kemp ★★★★½

  “You’re sweet. You’re soft.” 

  Yes yes yes very into this - it understands the very delicate triangle where sex and softness and self-doubt intersect, but as part of an everyday just-getting-through-it thing rather than a stop-everything-this-is-a-movie-ABOUT-sex thing. Elegant and restrained in the framing and pacing, yet so vibrant and beguiling in every performance (all amazing but Lucie Zhang!!!) and that very good very Parisian score (Rone!). And, like, to imagine Sciamma ping-ponging between writing Petite Maman and this? J’obsessed!

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  Review by maria ★★★★½

  NAWT THE LESBIAN TWIN SYNDROME

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  Review by Lucy ★★★★ 1

  CIFF 2021: film #5 (57th chicago international film festival)

  “you got it wrong, camille. so did i. we both got it wrong”

  mon dieu! so pleased to be ending my virtual fest this year with such a dreamy knockout of a film. lush black and white photography intimately captures the complicated bonds the characters share and then scales back to show the city at large. the story takes turns i wasn’t expecting and finishes on such a wonderful note, stirring up that old forgotten feeling of watching romance films come to a beautiful close and leaving me with a high that’s similar to winning the superbowl. magnifique

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  Review by Justin LaLiberty ★★★

  Black and White is the Warmest Color

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  Review by wilhelmvega ★★★★ 1

  This made me realize I should have sex with strangers more often

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  Review by ilsu ★★★½ 2

  "Actually, I was in the room next door, reading Rousseau's "Confessions," and I was wondering if you wanted some yogurt?"

  The film of people who know what they don't want, but don't know what they do want. So most of us are like this.

  This film is about Camille, a teacher in France who has a stuttering sister, a wheelchair that he inherited from his mother, and his father; Nora, who returned to law school at the age of 33 and has been with her step-uncle for years; Emilie, who lives in her grandmother's house in a nursing home and is tossed around without knowing what she wants; and Amber, whose story we do not know. It is about the…

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  Review by Ethan Colburn ★★★ 1

  First film of the day, and there was a lot I liked here!

  Without pandering too much, it does feel like a modern, convoluted love story. It also has a superb score/soundtrack an amazing performance by Noémie Merlant. The characters were each fascinating and flawed in their own ways, and I liked the way it balanced storylines.

  All this being said, it seemed like it wanted to be more prestige than it was. It seemed like a romcom format that went black and white so it could play at festivals? It also occasionally felt drawn out, and I wanted a bit more focus from the director. There were also certain character motivations I didn’t totally understand.

  This film is a mood, it’s very french and sexually charged so I could see it building a strong audience. If you’re looking for a love story that’s not at all sappy, it’s quite interesting.

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  Review by slim ★★★★ 5

  I think I’m in love with Noémie Merlant.

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  Review by ˗ˏˋ suspirliam ˊˎ˗ ★★★★★

  absolutely adored every second of this happy valentine’s day to ME !!!