The trailer for the latest from director Christophe Honoré has arrived, and if you don’t know his name, you might recognize some of his films. His 2007 film “Love Songs” was nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes while his 2008 film “La belle personne” has its champions (including a few of us here at The Playlist; lovely Lea Seydoux is great in it) so this is one we’re definitely curious about. Unfortunately, no publicists told us about the film. Or anyone? There’s been virtually no buzz, marketing or push of any kind. We just realized the film was coming out.
The film — which opens today in New York and is available right now on VOD — stars Chiara Mastroianni, Louis Garrel and Jean-Marc Barr in a story about a woman in the midst of familial discord and an affair while trying to find her place in the world. It sounds pretty much right in our dorky arthouse wheelhouse so we’re going to track this one down.
You can check out more photos from the film, the trailer and the official synopsis after the jump:
As soon as she gets to the Gare Montparnasse, things start to go wrong for Lena: she loses her son Anton and just misses her train. In her bag, the baby magpie that her daughter Augustine wanted to save is slowly dying. On arriving in Brittany, she discovers that her parents and sister are plotting together for her good and have summoned her ex-husband, Nigel. She feels betrayed, humiliated and disgusted. Should she leave or stay? Send everything packing? Her limited self-confidence begins to evaporate. The ghosts of duty, social judgement and family order band together to prevent her from living, loving and thinking, from simply being herself.