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La Separation

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La Separation (1994)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:9

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.4/10

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: The painful break-up of a couple provides the focus of this intense French drama. Anne and Pierre live in Paris with their 15 month old son. When Anne suddenly announces that she loves another whom... The painful break-up of a couple provides the focus of this intense French drama. Anne and Pierre live in Paris with their 15 month old son. When Anne suddenly announces that she loves another whom she will openly date, Pierre begins to suffer a quiet breakdown. In the end, he loses both Anne and his beloved son. [More]

Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Daniel Auteuil, Karin Viard, Jerome Deschamps

Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Daniel Auteuil, Karin Viard, Jerome Deschamps

Director: Christian Vincent

Director: Christian Vincent
Screenwriter: Christian Vincent, Dan Franck

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Provides and intimate and revealing anatomy of the process of decoupling.

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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an exploration in depth of what happens between people when they love and when love fails

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Arthur Lazere
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France has been showering American moviegoers with riches since the days of silent cinema. None of this year's French offerings is more captivating than La Separation.

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David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

It avoids the use of clichés.

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Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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Modest in scope but devastating in its honesty, Vincent's observant look at a deteriorating relationship is both wise and unflinching.

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Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
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A subtle movie in which facial expressions are where the action is.

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