Sex and Longing: Efira Shines in Zlotowski’s Portrait of Missed Opportunities
In a celebrated tradition of quietly personal characterizations French cinema is known for, Rebecca Zlotowski examines one woman’s sudden quest for motherhood she hadn’t been aware she desired until it’s almost too late in Other People’s Children (Les Enfants des Autres). Heretofore, Złotowski’s characterizations have skewed towards transitional periods in the life of young women, such as her 2010 debut Dear Prudence or 2016’s An Easy Girl.
Recruiting Virginie Efira to headline one woman’s surprising quest to engage in the collective experience of birthing a child after falling head over heels for a handsome divorcee and his four year old daughter, Zlotowski adeptly navigates the inevitability of reality obfuscated by love’s rosy tinted glasses.…...
In a celebrated tradition of quietly personal characterizations French cinema is known for, Rebecca Zlotowski examines one woman’s sudden quest for motherhood she hadn’t been aware she desired until it’s almost too late in Other People’s Children (Les Enfants des Autres). Heretofore, Złotowski’s characterizations have skewed towards transitional periods in the life of young women, such as her 2010 debut Dear Prudence or 2016’s An Easy Girl.
Recruiting Virginie Efira to headline one woman’s surprising quest to engage in the collective experience of birthing a child after falling head over heels for a handsome divorcee and his four year old daughter, Zlotowski adeptly navigates the inevitability of reality obfuscated by love’s rosy tinted glasses.…...
- 4/21/2023
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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