Mathieu, a Parisian architect, is called to his dying mother's side. The painful realization she will soon die is made a bit less trying when he finds Maya, who has come back to the area after being in Africa for a while. Mathieu has lived to regret the loss of the love of his youth, and now, married, and having his own business, things begin to unravel for him.
Maya also has regrets. Deep inside she never stopped loving Mathieu. Now that her former lover is back, she finds herself at a low point in her life. She also makes a tactical error in pursuing a situation that will leave her broken hearted because Mathieu is unable to commit to her, even though he tries.
What Mathieu and Maya relive is their former passion. His wife Lisa senses she is losing him because he is haunted by the regret he feels in having left Maya when he did. After a mad Mathieu almost breaks down pursuing a resolute Maya decides not to continue seeing him, the lovers meet three years later only to realize there is nothing left of what they once had.
Cedric Kahn wrote and directed the film. The film will resonate more with French audiences because the way the people understand what a passion can do to two people that have loved so deeply. It is hard to understand what these two lovers feel when they meet again after years of not having seen one another.
The casting of Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and Yvan Attal in the main roles works out because of they are intelligent performers. Basically, they are the whole film. Arly Jover, seen as Lisa, shows a promise of going far in the cinema. The musical score is by none other than Philip Glass. The cinematographer, Celine Bozon, captures intimacy between the Mr. Attal and Ms. Bruni-Tedeschi in vivid detail, bringing the viewer right into the picture.
Maya also has regrets. Deep inside she never stopped loving Mathieu. Now that her former lover is back, she finds herself at a low point in her life. She also makes a tactical error in pursuing a situation that will leave her broken hearted because Mathieu is unable to commit to her, even though he tries.
What Mathieu and Maya relive is their former passion. His wife Lisa senses she is losing him because he is haunted by the regret he feels in having left Maya when he did. After a mad Mathieu almost breaks down pursuing a resolute Maya decides not to continue seeing him, the lovers meet three years later only to realize there is nothing left of what they once had.
Cedric Kahn wrote and directed the film. The film will resonate more with French audiences because the way the people understand what a passion can do to two people that have loved so deeply. It is hard to understand what these two lovers feel when they meet again after years of not having seen one another.
The casting of Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and Yvan Attal in the main roles works out because of they are intelligent performers. Basically, they are the whole film. Arly Jover, seen as Lisa, shows a promise of going far in the cinema. The musical score is by none other than Philip Glass. The cinematographer, Celine Bozon, captures intimacy between the Mr. Attal and Ms. Bruni-Tedeschi in vivid detail, bringing the viewer right into the picture.