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Donne-moi la main (Give Me Your Hand) (2008)

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A pair of twins hitchhiking to their mother's funeral in Spain find their innocent journey taking an unexpectedly ominous turn as feelings of loathing, rivalry, and intimacy boil to the surface in director Pascal-Alex Vincent's melancholy drama. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Unrated, 1 hr. 20 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Pascal-Alex Vincent

Written By: Pascal-Alex Vincent, Martin Drouot

In Theaters: Sep 11, 2009 Wide

On DVD: Jan 26, 2010

Strand Releasing

The Carrils are so inexpressive and the script so sketchy that we never have much of a stake in figuring it out.

September 11, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Mike Hale

New York Times

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It's usually a dangerous sign when a director casting about for an idea gets fascinated by twins.

September 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Nicolas Rapold

Village Voice

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When the French are pretentious, the word gets a whole new meaning.

April 22, 2010 Full Review Source: This is London

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Derek Malcolm

This is London

With its meandering, unfocussed narrative, this sometimes feels more like beautiful moving wallpaper than an actual film. But even without much plot, it's a fascinating exploration of identity.

April 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

An award-winner for his short films, Vincent makes the stretch to feature length comfortably enough, even if his meditation on the limits of brotherly love does allow its imagery of wild European landscapes to do more of the talking...

April 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Total Film

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Josh Winning

Total Film

The movie always looks good with an inspired comic-book animated opening sequence, but there is something preposterous about the leads and their smouldering emotions.

April 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian [UK]

It's almost hard to see the movie inside all the recycled beats and diaphanous construction, much less to feel its pulse.

October 14, 2009 Full Review Source: Nick's Flick Picks

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Nick Davis

Nick's Flick Picks

What's refreshing about Pascal-Alex Vincent's dramatically thin but richly atmospheric feature debut is that it recognizes the essential truth of the conceit: all seminal voyages are journeys of heightened awareness, as visceral as they are emotional.

September 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Time Out New York

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Stephen Garrett

Time Out New York

Represents the most attractively shot twin porn off all time.

March 30, 2009 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

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Disjointed story of that doesn't make a lot of sense or seems to have much of a point.

February 12, 2010

jay nixon

Super Reviewer

"Two kids from a garden" as the chanson is telling us, sung by the remarkable Colette Magny (1963), are set to go into the world on a sentimental and mysterious journey in hopes to be at their mother's funeral, mother they never knew. The mixed and surprising characters they come across and interact with are absolutely

June 21, 2011