Huppert is never less than fascinating.
La Vie Promise
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:10
Rotten:12
Average Rating:5.5/10
Theatrical Release:Mar 5, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Sylvia (Huppert) is a prostitute in Nice, with a self-protective talent for blocking out huge chunks of her past. When her 14-year-old daughter, Laurence (Maud Forget), skips out on foster care to... Sylvia (Huppert) is a prostitute in Nice, with a self-protective talent for blocking out huge chunks of her past. When her 14-year-old daughter, Laurence (Maud Forget), skips out on foster care to see her biological mom, Sylvia is rudely dismissive. In an episode of bad timing, Laurence ends up stabbing a pimp in Sylvia's apartment. Estranged mother and daughter beat a hasty retreat heading north via train, bus and the kindness of strangers to reunite with the husband and 8-year-old son she skipped out on after the boy's birth landed her in a psychiatric hospital. Sylvia's heartbreaking and perhaps impossible goal is nothing short of trying to put all the things that have come apart in her life back together again. -- © Empire Pictures [More]
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Maud Forget, Fabienne Babe
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Maud Forget, Fabienne Babe, Andre Marcon
Director: Olivier Dahan
Director: Olivier Dahan
Studio: Empire Pictures
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Reviews for La Vie Promise
Isabelle Huppert, an actress incapable of making a mawkish gesture, fights tooth and nail to keep this soft-boiled story of an embittered prostitute from turning to mush.
Isabelle Huppert's stunning performance is among the finest of her career.
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