FUNZINE-Odeon Special Film Club – I’ve Loved You So Long (Philippe Claudel, 2008) on March 19. 18h
Long estranged sisters Léa (Elsa Zylberstein) and Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) are reunited after 15 years, in a bleak airport waiting room in a cloud of drawn, clearly institutionalized Juliette’s smoke. The cause of their separation? Juliette’s just been released from prison. Still a teenager when her elder sister began her sentence, Léa contacts Juliette upon her release, offering her a roof over her head. Juliette, however, had no particular desire to regain contact with her sibling.
Life with the family isn’t easy. The world’s moved on, and confusion and distant behavior sets in for Juliette. Helped by some, including a kindly but tactless social worker and her open-hearted but depressed parole officer, she’s utterly rejected by others, not held by the occasional revealing of her crime.
As things improve, a huge question hangs over Juliette’s renaissance. What terrible thing did she do fifteen years ago, and why? For everyone, it’s a recurrent thought they dare not put into words. For Juliette, locked inside her secret, it’s a burden to bear, which keeps life very much at bay.
Turning on its final, poignant scene, in which Juliette’s reunited with her Alzheimer’s afflicted elderly mother, I’ve Loved You So Long seems to use prison as a metaphor. Multi-award-winning, it’s been widely touted as Scott Thomas’ finest performance. Which isn’t surprising, as the role itself seems to have been written for her, by novelist Philippe Claudel, for whom this is a first foray into scriptwriting, as well as directing, for the big screen.
Make sure you get to the Odeon Lloyd Mozi by 18:00 p.m.!
I’ve Loved You So Long (Philippe Claudel, 2008) on March 19. 18h
Odeon Lloyd Mozi
1135 Budapest, Hollán Ernő utca 7. Tickets: 1300 HUF, 1100 HUF with a FUNZINE Club Card (sign up for the FUNZINE Club at www.funzine.hu)
Free welcome drinks and a raffle from 18:00 p.m.
The screening will start at 18:30 p.m. sharp