The first 15 minutes are a rough patch, and the withered image doesn’t help — everything looks dusty and anemic. Once we’re acclimated, we realize how appropriate the look is, how it emphasizes the dreary circumstances of the players. There’s a grade-school intellectual with ambitions of making a film about the absurdity of life and then killing herself on her 12th birthday, and there’s a self-deprecating widow who works as a janitor. Garance Le Guillermic is a young actress who can handle the heavyhandedness of her lines, but the film belongs to Josiane Balasko, a veteran actress who graces her scenes with an agonized elegance. (2011) — John Rubio
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