The Salt of Tears

Name: The Salt of Tears
Genre: Drama
Released: January 20, 2021
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Aline Belibi, André Wilms, Logann Antuofermo, Louise Chevillotte, Martin Mesnier

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Distrib Films | Release Date (Streaming): January 20, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Aline Belibi, André Wilms, Logann Antuofermo, Louise Chevillotte, Martin Mesnier, Oulaya Amamra, Souheila Yacoub, Teddy Chawa

Summary: Driven by his desire to become a cabinetmaker, Luc arrives in Paris. Lost in the banlieues, he asks Djemila for directions. In the girl's shyness, Luc glimpses the chance of an adventure. The two meet again but then Luc has to return home to his father, who is also a carpenter. There, he meets Geneviève, whom he knows from the past, andDriven by his desire to become a cabinetmaker, Luc arrives in Paris. Lost in the banlieues, he asks Djemila for directions. In the girl's shyness, Luc glimpses the chance of an adventure. The two meet again but then Luc has to return home to his father, who is also a carpenter. There, he meets Geneviève, whom he knows from the past, and begins a romance with her. When Luc is offered a place at the renowned furniture-making school École Boulle, he follows his dream and moves to Paris, leaving Geneviève behind. Soon, a third young woman enters his small apartment, bringing the freedom of the big city with her.… Expand

Director: Philippe Garrel

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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Richard Brody

Jan 20, 2021

Two classic themes, the eternal triangle and a provincial’s big-city struggles, get distinctive twists in Philippe Garrel’s brisk yet pain-filled new drama of youth’s illusions. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jan 20, 2021

The Salt of Tears is quite a bit more than a cad’s progress. There are fleeting shadows of Flaubert in this tale, which Garrel crafted in collaboration with two venerable screenwriters, Jean-Claude Carrière and Arlette Langmann. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Feb 28, 2020

While The Salt of Tears threatens to devolve into a sympathetic male gaze with each new turn, Garrel actually manages to burrow within those boundaries and deconstruct their flaws from the inside out. Read full review

Jonathan Romney

Feb 28, 2020

Those in the ‘for’ camp are likely to find Garrel’s The Salt of Tears one of the most finely tuned and richly achieved of his recent works . Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Feb 28, 2020

It is a watchable, insouciant love story with some great incidental performances, although there is a sense of the shark being jumped 30 minutes from the end. Read full review

Lawrence Garcia

Jan 20, 2021

Ultimately, what registers most strongly in The Salt Of Tears is Luc’s relationship with his father, a through line that acts as a kind of counterpoint to his romantic entanglements. Read full review

Diego Semerene

Feb 23, 2020

Philippe Garrel illustrates the absurdity behind the myth of the complementary couple with the same cynicism that permeates his previous work but none of the humor or wit.

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