Claire Denis is currently at work the most ambitious movie of her career, the sci-fi “High Life” starring Robert Pattinson. However, before she embarked on that journey, the filmmaker hit Cannes last spring with a palette cleanser in the shape of “Let The Sunshine In.” And it looks like fans of the director and its star, Juliette Binoche, have much to be excited about.
Co-starring Xavier Beauvois and Philippe Katerine, and featuring Gerard Depardieu, the movie follows a middle aged divorcé who struggles to find new love, despite a parade of men at her door. Here’s the official synopsis:
Juliette Binoche delivers a luminous performance in the deliciously witty, sensuously romantic new film from acclaimed director Claire Denis (White Material). Isabelle (Binoche) is a divorced Parisian painter searching for another shot at love, but refusing to settle for the parade of all-too-flawed men who drift in and out of her life. There’s a caddish banker (Xavier Beauvois) who, like many of her lovers, happens to be married; a handsome actor (Nicolas Duvauchelle) who’s working through his own hang-ups; and a sensitive fellow artist (Alex Descas) who’s skittish about commitment. What reads like a standard romantic comedy premise is transformed, in the hands of master filmmaker Denis, into something altogether deeper, more poignant, and perceptive about the profound mysteries of love.
“Let The Sunshine In” Opening in theaters and VOD on April 27th.