I've Loved You So Long (2008)

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Oct 24, 2008

Running Time: 117 mins.

Additional Notes: dialogue French, subtitled English

Country Of Origin: France

Country Of Origin: Germany

starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Laurent Grévill, Serge Hazanavicius, Frederic Pierrot, Lise Segur, Jean-Claude Arnaud, Mouss Zouheyri, Souad Mouchrik, Catherine Hosmalin

director: Philippe Claudel

I've Loved You So Long [Il y a longtemps que je t'aime]

For 15 years, Juliette has had no ties with her family who had rejected her. Although life once violently separated them, Lea, her younger sister, takes her into her home which she shares with her husband Luc, his father, and their two daughters.

You can't possibly be prepared for the gut-wrenching, emotional experience of the brilliant new French drama I've Loved You So Long, the must-see movie of 2008.

Story

With sparse emotion and very slowly evolving detail, writer/director Philippe Claudel's mood drama reveals long-held secrets and passions simmering under the radar. It's a family story sparked by the return of a woman, Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas), to her small town after spending 15 years in prison for an unspeakable crime that…

PETER TRAVERS - October 30, 2008

Want a master class in film acting? Check out Kristin Scott Thomas as Juliette, a doctor just out of prison in this spellbinder from writer-director Philippe Claudel. Juliette has been invited by her sister, Léa (Elsa Zylberstein), to share her home in France, along with Léa's husband, Luc (Serge Hazanavicius), their two adopted Vietnamese daughters and Luc's sickly father.

It's delicate, mysterious business, starting with the reason Juliette was locked up for 15 years, and I won't spoil it…

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