Based on Mosco Boucault’s documentary Roubaix, Commissariat Central, and using the actual interrogation transcripts, Desplechin shoots for a different tone.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Based on Mosco Boucault’s documentary Roubaix, Commissariat Central, and using the actual interrogation transcripts, Desplechin shoots for a different tone.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Desplechin, like no other, startles with his enigmatic perceptions on the gender divide.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Desplechin, like no other, startles with his enigmatic perceptions on the gender divide.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Despite its considerable length, it avoids overstaying its welcome.

~ Anton Bitel -

Despite its considerable length, it avoids overstaying its welcome.

~ Anton Bitel -

Del Toro and Amalric with contrasting acting styles make a magnetic duo yet the ponderous detail of the therapy occasionally bogs down the film, so much so that even the two actors cannot surmount it completely.

~ Richard Mowe -

Del Toro and Amalric with contrasting acting styles make a magnetic duo yet the ponderous detail of the therapy occasionally bogs down the film, so much so that even the two actors cannot surmount it completely.

~ Richard Mowe -

How does Ismael have the derring-do to believe that all these women are there, like a bouquet, for him to choose from? He is an artist, of course, who creates his own reality.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

How does Ismael have the derring-do to believe that all these women are there, like a bouquet, for him to choose from? He is an artist, of course, who creates his own reality.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The writer-director takes great enjoyment in playing around with his various obsessions.

~ Richard Mowe -

The writer-director takes great enjoyment in playing around with his various obsessions.

~ Richard Mowe -

Desplechin eases us into the goings-on without sacrificing any of Roth’s complicated and thorny subject matter.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Desplechin eases us into the goings-on without sacrificing any of Roth’s complicated and thorny subject matter.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

A truly innovative piece of filmmaking which mixes cinema-verité style documentary with a knowing postmodern self-consciousness.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

A truly innovative piece of filmmaking which mixes cinema-verité style documentary with a knowing postmodern self-consciousness.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

Desplechin fires off too many salvoes which hit wide of the mark

~ Richard Mowe -

Desplechin fires off too many salvoes which hit wide of the mark

~ Richard Mowe -