Sex itself is mostly not shown, as its the initial connection with Lila and the emotional aftermath that counts.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Sex itself is mostly not shown, as its the initial connection with Lila and the emotional aftermath that counts.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film that celebrates the joy and fears associated with youthful lust, while exploring ideas of internal cultural conflict, without making it feel tacky or like a diatribe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film that celebrates the joy and fears associated with youthful lust, while exploring ideas of internal cultural conflict, without making it feel tacky or like a diatribe.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Whatever was central here seems lost, obfuscated by artifice.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Whatever was central here seems lost, obfuscated by artifice.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Kluijfhout captures a sense of both the shellfish's elegance and mystery.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kluijfhout captures a sense of both the shellfish's elegance and mystery.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There are some fine performances, particularly from Jean-Pierre Darroussin.

~ Andrea Mullaney -

There are no prizes for guessing where this sprightly romantic comedy is going, but it's more entertaining than most along the way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are no prizes for guessing where this sprightly romantic comedy is going, but it's more entertaining than most along the way.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The greatest achievement is perhaps that the far-reaching illusions constructed around the experience of the central characters do not distract from what is an enjoyable film.

~ Merlin Harries -

The greatest achievement is perhaps that the far-reaching illusions constructed around the experience of the central characters do not distract from what is an enjoyable film.

~ Merlin Harries -

Our view, through Bergé's eyes, is that of the melancholic, someone who has the object of desire but has lost the object-cause of desire.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Our view, through Bergé's eyes, is that of the melancholic, someone who has the object of desire but has lost the object-cause of desire.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film's action ultimately moves to a borderland between not just France and Spain, but also crime thriller and love story, dreams and reality.

~ Anton Bitel -

The film's action ultimately moves to a borderland between not just France and Spain, but also crime thriller and love story, dreams and reality.

~ Anton Bitel -

Even after many viewings it is difficult to fully grasp the film's historical significance, storytelling innovations and stylistic brilliance.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Even after many viewings it is difficult to fully grasp the film's historical significance, storytelling innovations and stylistic brilliance.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Dolan – in all his incarnations – has proved himself a name to watch here.

~ Jeff Robson -

Dolan – in all his incarnations – has proved himself a name to watch here.

~ Jeff Robson -

A film that's a bit hit and miss but that, at its best, provokes uproarious laughter, and succeeds in charming throughout.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A film that's a bit hit and miss but that, at its best, provokes uproarious laughter, and succeeds in charming throughout.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Full of tricks and ambiguities that will trap any viewer confined to the single, narrow perspective that the film itself tries to impose.

~ Anton Bitel -

Full of tricks and ambiguities that will trap any viewer confined to the single, narrow perspective that the film itself tries to impose.

~ Anton Bitel -

Perceptions make this film such a pleasure to watch. Everything feels believable, real, and thought through.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Perceptions make this film such a pleasure to watch. Everything feels believable, real, and thought through.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

There's a continual nagging sense that this was, perhaps, once two separate ideas for short films which the directors have grafted together in a way that means the film as a whole falls short.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There's a continual nagging sense that this was, perhaps, once two separate ideas for short films which the directors have grafted together in a way that means the film as a whole falls short.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Instead of flooring the pedal and being a wild ride, the film stays within the speed limit.

~ Nikola Jovic -

Instead of flooring the pedal and being a wild ride, the film stays within the speed limit.

~ Nikola Jovic -

Love, life, poetry, passion, sensitivity, all magnificently exalted in song – quite a lot of songs actually – for your cross-Channel delectation and savouring.

~ Chris -

Love, life, poetry, passion, sensitivity, all magnificently exalted in song – quite a lot of songs actually – for your cross-Channel delectation and savouring.

~ Chris -

Writer-director Yves Caumon notices the small details... and makes them count.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Writer-director Yves Caumon notices the small details... and makes them count.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Although this film has no body count, it carries with it all the danger of an erotic thriller.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although this film has no body count, it carries with it all the danger of an erotic thriller.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film’s fast flowing current carries a number of character messages we can fish out, as if they were polished by the stream, all shiny and specific.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film’s fast flowing current carries a number of character messages we can fish out, as if they were polished by the stream, all shiny and specific.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Haneke goes far beyond pushing emotional buttons into territory where our most visceral fears lurk.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Haneke goes far beyond pushing emotional buttons into territory where our most visceral fears lurk.

~ Amber Wilkinson -