Generally speaking, anything with Marion Cotillard is worth watching, but if the word from the Cannes Film Festival is anything to go by, even the most die hard fans of the actress might have a tough time sitting through “From The Land Of The Moon” (known in French as “Mal Des Pierres“). Even though the film premiered on the Croisette, it speaks volumes that neither TIFF, Telluride or NYFF have bothered snapping it up for their programming, and with no U.S. distribution, it’s not clear if or when this one might land in stateside cinemas.
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Directed by Nicole Garcia, and also starring Louis Garrel, the story follows a woman from a small town who is married off to a man she doesn’t desire, and later finds passion in the arms of a soldier. Here’s the official synopsis:
Gabrielle comes from a small village in the South of France, at a time when her dream of true love is considered scandalous, and even a sign of insanity. Her parents marry her to José, an honest and loving Spanish farm worker who they think will make a respectable woman of her. Despite José’s devotion to her, Gabrielle vows that she will never love José and lives like a prisoner bound by the constraints of conventional post-World War II society until the day she is sent away to a cure in the Alps to heal her kidney stones. There she meets André Sauvage, a dashing injured veteran of the Indochinese War, who rekindles the passion buried inside her. She promises they will run away together, and André seems to share her desire. Will anyone dare rob her of her right to follow her dreams?
“From The Land Of The Moon” opens in France on October 19th.
