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Illuminated Eiffel Tower at night with person riding motorcycle on road in foreground.
Review

Paris Memories review – a poignant mediation on personal trauma

by Hannah Strong

Alice Winocour draws on her brother’s expe­ri­ences of the 2015 Bat­a­clan attack to cre­ate a dra­ma about recov­er­ing from trauma.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A woman holding a young child, their faces partly obscured by the woman's long hair and the dark background.
Festivals

Rien a Perdre – first-look review

by Catherine Bray

Vir­ginie Efi­ra deliv­ers a typ­i­cal­ly com­mit­ted per­for­mance oppo­site young break­out star Félix Lefeb­vre in this debut fic­tion from Del­phine Deloget.
Blonde woman with curly hair embracing a dark-haired person, their faces close together, eyes closed.
Review

Other People’s Children

by David Jenkins

Vir­ginie Efi­ra deliv­ers a sub­lime per­for­mance as a jour­nal­ist who devel­ops a strong bond with her boyfriend’s daugh­ter in Rebec­ca Zlo­towski’s roman­tic dramedy.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
Blonde woman with curly hair embracing a dark-haired person, their faces close together, eyes closed.
The Oscar Goes To...

Why Virginie Efira should win the Best Actress Oscar

by Ryan Coleman

The Bel­gian actress has been qui­et­ly build­ing a body of excel­lent work, defined by her empa­thet­ic por­tray­als of mul­ti­fac­eted women.
Couple peering through gap, expressions of fear or suspense
Review

Bye Bye Morons

by Ariel Klinghoffer

Despite Vir­ginie Efira’s best efforts, this inane com­e­dy from direc­tor Albert Dupon­tel is des­tined to be forgotten.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
Two women, one with dark hair comforting another with blonde hair, in a dimly lit room with candles.
Incoming

Nuns get hot under the collar in the Benedetta trailer

by Charles Bramesco

Vir­ginie Efi­ra, Lam­bert Wil­son and Char­lotte Ram­pling lead Paul Verhoeven’s Cannes-bound drama.
Woman in a black dress standing on a balcony at night.
Festivals

Sibyl – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Adèle Exar­chopou­los and Vir­ginie Efi­ra star in this trite psy­chodra­ma from writer/​director Jus­tine Triet.
Two people embracing at a formal event, a man in a suit and a woman in a white dress.
Review

An Impossible Love

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Cather­ine Corsi­ni adapts Chris­tine Angot to cap­ti­vat­ing effect in this Châteauroux-set roman­tic drama.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
An elderly woman assists an unconscious young woman lying on the floor.
Incoming

Paul Verhoeven is making a film about a lesbian nun

by Little White Lies

Elle star Vir­ginie Efi­ra is play­ing a 17th-cen­tu­ry Sis­ter for the provoca­tive Dutch director.