
In Lille, two penniless young women with few prospects become friends. Isa moves in with Marie, who's flat-sitting for a mother and child in hospital in comas following a car crash. Isa is out-going, unskilled, with hopes of moving south to warmer climes. Marie usually is either angry or detached. Then, while Isa begins to visit the child in whose flat they live, going to hospital to read to her, Marie slowly falls for a rich youth. At first Marie keeps him at bay, then she n... (Full plot summary below)
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In Lille, two penniless young women with few prospects become friends. Isa moves in with Marie, who's flat-sitting for a mother and child in hospital in comas following a car crash. Isa is out-going, unskilled, with hopes of moving south to warmer climes. Marie usually is either angry or detached. Then, while Isa begins to visit the child in whose flat they live, going to hospital to read to her, Marie slowly falls for a rich youth. At first Marie keeps him at bay, then she not only pursues him, she begins to dream he is her life's love. When Isa tries to warn Marie, their friendship flounders. How will Marie handle the inevitable? And once they lose the flat, where will they go?
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| The New RepublicStanley KauffmannCompletely absorbing, almost rudely poignant. |
| Looking CloserJeffrey OverstreetTwo unforgettable characters are revealed, and the truth resonates powerfully through their stories. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliWe aren't just watching Isa and Marie endure the tiny triumphs and hardships of their lives; we're experiencing those ups and downs alongside them. |
| Film Journal InternationalDoris ToumarkineThe two gifted young women [Bouchez and Regnier] are the best thing about this quirky drama of friendship and survival. |
| Bryant Frazer's Deep FocusBryant FrazerAn engrossing, occasionally revelatory experience. |
| Jam! MoviesBruce KirklandThere is an inspiring freshness to the film, even with the real-life pain and angst the characters endure. |
| Film.comElizabeth Weitzman[Bouchez and Regnier have] fleshed out portraits of a depth rarely seen on screen. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranFrank, intimate, touching, with an emotional immediacy that is killing. |
| San Francisco ExaminerG. Allen JohnsonAt once an intriguing mix of naivete and world-weariness, Bouchez and Regnier make us care about two young women. |
| Kalamazoo GazetteJames SanfordUsing decidedly unglamorous locales and stars, director Erick Zonca has given the story what amounts to an almost documentary feel; Isa and Marie seem so true-to-life at times you might feel a bit voyeuristic. |