Simple Passion

Name: Simple Passion
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: January 21, 2022
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Arthur Vercken, Caroline Ducey, Dounia Sichov, Graziella Fiesoli, Grégoire Colin

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: January 21, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Arthur Vercken, Caroline Ducey, Dounia Sichov, Graziella Fiesoli, Grégoire Colin, Laetitia Dosch, Lou-Teymour Thion, Sergei Polunin, Slimane Dazi, Vincent Courcelle-Labrousse

Summary: A mother falls into an addictive relationship with a Russian diplomat, with whom she has nothing in common.

Director: Danielle Arbid

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 99 min

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Kyle Bain

Mar 28, 2022

Yes, there is a lack of real substance throughout Simple Passion, but the sex manages to fill that void to a degree and keep the film afloat. Read full review

The Telegraph Tim Robey

Feb 4, 2021

The film’s about a chapter we prefer to get out of the way in adolescence; revisited as this kind of helpless mid-life crisis, it’s exquisite torture. Read full review

Christopher Machell

Feb 11, 2021

In sensual romantic drama Simple Passion, Lebanese-born director Danielle Arbid captures viscerally that peculiar detachment that comes from romantic and sexual infatuation. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Jan 17, 2021

An imperfect but glassily compelling study of obsessive, finally debilitating desire that honors its source with an unblinking female gaze. Read full review

Empire Sophie Monks Kaufman

Feb 4, 2021

Although the pleasures of the flesh are shown with enough erotic power to convince us of Hélène's addiction to them, the anonymity of the lead characters stops the film from truly gripping.  Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Feb 4, 2021

Dosch brings a wonderful humanity and sensitivity to the role. Read full review

Diego Semerene

Jan 19, 2022

The film makes no attempt to embody the themes that form the core of Annie Ernaux’s story in its aesthetics. Read full review

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alanpotter17

Mar 20, 2023

Um filme que enrola, enrola e enrola em cenas altamente repetitivas, ao menos há todo um propósito justificável, uma vez que vemos a mulher entrar num ciclo vicioso e de dependência emocional, mas não consegue sair do lugar comum.
Danielle Arbid parece saber exatamente o que fazer, e compõeUm filme que enrola, enrola e enrola em cenas altamente repetitivas, ao menos há todo um propósito justificável, uma vez que vemos a mulher entrar num ciclo vicioso e de dependência emocional, mas não consegue sair do lugar comum.
Danielle Arbid parece saber exatamente o que fazer, e compõe um filme com muitas cenas de sexo, nudez (até mesmo frontal), mas parece não saber direito terminar seu eterno ato masturbatório. São muitas as cenas, talvez até excessivas demais. Algumas estão picantes e outras, quando a câmera se afasta mais, parecem apenas robóticas.
Talvez para quem tenha hormônios à flor da pele fique difícil perceber certas delicadezas, como a dependência física e emocional da protagonista, sujeitando-se a ser um objeto carnal. Para o bem ou para o mal, o roteiro está óbvio, ou talvez nem tanto já que isso não a impede de ter prazer e de voltar a buscar aquele tipo de sexo.
Lembrei de uma música da Maria Betânia que dizia: "Vida, ai minha vida, olha o que é que fiz, deixei a fatia mais doce da vida, na casa dos de vida vazia, mas vida ali quem sabe eu fui feliz. Luz, quero luz, Sei que além das cortinas
são palcos azuis s infinitas cortinas com palcos atrás; arranca, vida, estufa veia e pulsa, pulsa, pulsa, pulsa, pulsa mais, mais, quero mais, nem que todos os barcos
recolham ao cais e que os faróis da costeira me lancem sinais, arranca, vida, estufa, vela, me leva, leva longe, longe, leva mais".… Expand

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JLuis_001

Nov 12, 2022

You might as well be watching a porn. At least their intention to sell you a narrative is not so shameless.

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