Let the Sunshine In (2017)

Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love at last.

Director:

Claire Denis

Writers:

Christine Angot (screenplay), Claire Denis (screenplay)

Stars:

Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Philippe Katerine

2 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Juliette Binoche	...	Isabelle
Xavier Beauvois	...	Vincent Briot
Philippe Katerine	...	Mathieu
Josiane Balasko	...	Maxime
Sandrine Dumas	...	Ariane
Nicolas Duvauchelle	...	L'acteur
Alex Descas	...	Marc
Laurent Grévill	...	François
Bruno Podalydès	...	Fabrice
Paul Blain	...	Sylvain
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi	...	La femme dans la voiture
Gérard Depardieu	...	Denis, le voyant
Schemci Lauth	...	Le barman
Charles Pépin	...	Homme campagne
Tania de Montaigne	...	Femme campagne

Storyline

Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love at last.

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Plot Keywords:

female full rear nudity | title directed by female | female nudity | topless female nudity | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #976.

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Soundtracks

At Last
Written by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
Performed by Etta James

User Reviews

Maudlin and Histrionic, A Bit of Humor Would Have Helped

Good actors with great casting, Paris as the backdrop, but the story is a complete dud. This was a total disaster as far as the writing, a failure both in the story as well as the insipid dialogue.

Being, more or less, in the age bracket of Benoche and her character, I find it a bit ridiculous that she stagnates in an adolescent passive-aggressive attitude with men. Say what you mean and mean what you say, someone once said. If you want someone, at this age you can't waste a lot of time being coy or clever.

Just what she saw in the banker is beyond my ability to read what women want. Physically unattractive, arrogant and abusive with the bartender, and dismissive of her feelings point to the fact that what? She's with him for his money?

I'm not saying that people my age can't find "true love" but I think we have to be rational adults while looking for it. The scene in the car and then in her apartment were both so incredibly awkward, worse than anything I suffered in my teens. Grow up! I hated both of those scenes. Thoroughly unromantic.

And then they manage to somehow shoe-horn in a dialogue with Gerard Depardieu?

I was forced to watch the film with inadequate English subtitles that didn't begin to translate the true sense of the French original dialogue, but my French isn't quite good enough to watch it without subtitles. I can never find French films with French subtitles which is the perfect combination for me. People learning English as a second language never have a problem finding English subtitles for English films and TV shows, so stop being so smug about the fact that you speak English.

Details

Official Sites:

Ad Vitam Production [France] Juliette Binoche: The Art of Being - Official Fansite

Country:

France Belgium

Language:

French

Release Date:

27 September 2017 (France)

Also Known As:

Let the Sunshine In

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Budget:

EUR2,978,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$39,699, 29 April 2018

Gross USA:

$892,421

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,192,590

Company Credits

Production Co:

Curiosa Films, FD Production, Playtime

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1