Jacqueline is a young mother living in 1960s Paris with her disabled son Laurent. Abandoned by her husband, Jacqueline sacrifices everything to care for her son and vows to give Laurent a “normal” life full of happiness. Antoine, is a successful DJ in present day Montreal who seems to have it all: a thriving career, two beautiful daughters, partner Rose, with whom he is passionately in love. However, nothing is perfect and Antoine’s ex-wife Carole remains devastated by their recent separation.
Decade-hopping metaphysical romance descends into overwrought histrionics.
– Neil Young,
Hollywood Reporter,
5 Nov 2012
rotten:
Feels less like a movie than like a cinematic jigsaw puzzle whose agitation undermines the very continuity it wants to portray.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
8 Nov 2012
rotten:
Goes from intriguing to irritating.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
9 Nov 2012
rotten:
It's terribly long and repetitive for so delicately dreamy a diptych, and at times the modern-day story feels like little more than a drawn-out apologia for the wandering male gaze.