Cinema often prefers the extraordinary hero, the volitive, confident protagonist. To turn the camera to the so-called ‘weak’, to a vulnerable and often passive main character is rather rare. First-time director Ludovic Bergery takes a candid look at the insecurities of his characters, following a modern theme of not being exactly sure where to belong or what to search for.
Dickensianly titled Margaux Hartmann/L’Étreinte takes eponymous Margaux (Emmanuelle Béart), a 50-year-old widow, on a quest for personal renaissance as she relocates back to where she grew up and re-enrolls in university. As if life has only just started, she finds herself clueless, struggling to keep up with the youth and with the new mores of society – perhaps, at times, in too clichéd a fashion, for example, when she is the only one without a laptop in the classroom.
A discreet sense of being overwhelmed travels through the entire film.
Dickensianly titled Margaux Hartmann/L’Étreinte takes eponymous Margaux (Emmanuelle Béart), a 50-year-old widow, on a quest for personal renaissance as she relocates back to where she grew up and re-enrolls in university. As if life has only just started, she finds herself clueless, struggling to keep up with the youth and with the new mores of society – perhaps, at times, in too clichéd a fashion, for example, when she is the only one without a laptop in the classroom.
A discreet sense of being overwhelmed travels through the entire film.
- 12/9/2021
- by Dora Leu
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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