Paris shortly before World War I. Wealthy and self-satisfied, Jean Hervey is returning home from work, describing life with his wife of 10 years, Gabrielle; he values her as impassive and stolid. However, that day she's gone, leaving a letter that she's joining a man she loves. Jean is devastated, but within minutes she's returned, telling him that her resolve has failed. Over the next two days, he questions, demands, begs, and parries with her: why did she leave, why did she... (Full plot summary below)
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Paris shortly before World War I. Wealthy and self-satisfied, Jean Hervey is returning home from work, describing life with his wife of 10 years, Gabrielle; he values her as impassive and stolid. However, that day she's gone, leaving a letter that she's joining a man she loves. Jean is devastated, but within minutes she's returned, telling him that her resolve has failed. Over the next two days, he questions, demands, begs, and parries with her: why did she leave, why did she return, does she love him, did she ever love him, who is her lover, is she passionate with her lover? She's calm as alabaster, reserved. Is she in danger? When she makes an offer, how will he respond?
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| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA period chamber drama drawn from a Joseph Conrad short story and of such intensity and passion that it transcends a specificity of time and place to achieve timelessness and universality. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezAs loyal as Chéreau's film is to Conrad's story, the director expands its point of view by giving more authority to the female experience Conrad suppresses in his text. |
| Greenwich Village GazetteEric LurioThis film is everything that's bad about current French cinema. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenTalky but absorbing tale of dysfunction among the super-rich. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe director's skillful handing and the superb performances are liable to manipulate a smart audience as easily as they manipulate one another. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordChéreau's period chamber drama is engrossing throughout and an interesting accompaniment to his modern day Intimacy. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonIf all this potent drama recalls Bergman, the beautifully articulated staging and setting suggest that master of operatic social-sexual drama, Luchino Visconti ("The Leopard"). |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceA work of stunning intensity underneath opulent fabrics |
| Village VoiceDennis LimAt once robust and ethereal, this is an existential ghost story, with fresh blood pulsing through its veins. |
| Rochester Democrat and ChronicleJack GarnerA little less flash, and Gabrielle could have been a subtle classic. As is, it's still a powerful exploration of human nature. |
