Both Sides of the Blade

IFC Films | Release Date: July 8, 2022

6.7	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Ratings

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Mauro_LanariFeb 12, 2023

(Mauro Lanari)
As states the title of the 2018 book by Christine Angot on which the film she co-wrote the screenplay is based, Binoche's Sara is at "Un tournant de la vie", a mid-life crisis [not really: protagonists are in their sixties but(Mauro Lanari)
As states the title of the 2018 book by Christine Angot on which the film she co-wrote the screenplay is based, Binoche's Sara is at "Un tournant de la vie", a mid-life crisis [not really: protagonists are in their sixties but they are keen to show themselves younger]. Undecided about everything, she will pay the consequences, a "Buridan's ass" with a foregone outcome. The baroque pop of Tinderstick creates a dark pall of incomprehensible dramatic tension which weighs down Claire Denis' work even more. Silver Bear for Best Director to a typical French story about an affective/love/sentimental/sexual mess. Menopause for all of them?… Expand

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