
While Bertil Lindström works at the Swedish embassy in Paris, his wife Gabrielle spends the summer alone in Sweden. After a phone call to her, he starts to think of all the things she can possibly be doing separated from him.... (Full plot summary below)
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While Bertil Lindström works at the Swedish embassy in Paris, his wife Gabrielle spends the summer alone in Sweden. After a phone call to her, he starts to think of all the things she can possibly be doing separated from him.
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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. |
| Filmcritic.comChris Cabinthe end scene that could turn a heart into ice |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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"). |
| Village VoiceDennis LimAt once robust and ethereal, this is an existential ghost story, with fresh blood pulsing through its veins. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonHuppert and Greggory provide the emotional impact. They respond accordingly, imbuing their mutual suffering with an exacting and moving finesse. |
| Denver PostMichael BoothChereau matches Conrad's insistence on psychological accuracy, burrowing through the protective layers of self-delusion that hold so many human relationships together. |