Memoir of War
2017, War/Drama, 2h 7m
41 Reviews Fewer than 50 RatingsWhat to know
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Memoir of War benefits from a magnetic performance by Mélanie Thierry, whose work is often enough to counter some of the film's fundamental flaws. Read critic reviews
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Marguerite Duras épouse Antelme
Pierre Rabier
Dionys Mascolo

François Mitterrand - alias François Morland
Robert Antelme
Georges Beauchamp
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La Douleur? Oui. Et les longueurs!
May 28, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
Duras's soul-stripping words are here, but little thought appears to have gone into translating them for cinema.
May 22, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
Buoyed by an astonishing central turn by Mélanie Thierry.
May 22, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
Pain, it turns out, can be unbearably dull.
December 17, 2018 | Rating: C | Full Review… -
Despite its pedigree, Memoir of War does not guarantee safe passage.
August 30, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
Resolutely somber, and self-aware about its deliberately tight and opaque visual style, it's presentational more than lived, a series of filmmaking choices instead of something deeply felt and conveyed.
August 23, 2018 | Full Review…
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