A thoughtful and intelligent French movie, part courtroom drama, part romance unexpectedly blossoming between two sensitive middle-aged professionals, both divorced, he a judge, she a doctor. A film of nuance and style that kept me interested throughout. A pleasure to watch. Recommended.
A very well made and acted film but a little thin in the plot department. Appealing if you enjoy the small nuances of life.
The secret to its brilliance is that it has totally credible reality, this could easily occur in the real world. A division of the French legal system nearly gave this a film a docu-drama format, especially as all the actors were depicting truly ordinary people.
Away from the main story line, I thoroughly enjoyed the Judge's ancient housekeeper, his wife & the pharmacist. Cleverly, they included a court artist who talked through the legal proceedings with a colleague which helped us to work out what was going on.
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