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The movie that Josée Dayan has made about the Duras-Andréa affair is not a scandal. Unfortunately, it’s not much of anything but a solemn joke. [14 April 2003, p.88]
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A limp-to-wilted film version of Duras' 16-year-long love affair with a young man who became her secretary and literary executor.
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Washington Post by Desson Thomson
There is one reason, and one reason alone, to watch Cet Amour-La. It is Jeanne Moreau.
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New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Dayan's weakly structured biopic Cet Amour-là is, to be kind, less than inspired. But as a showcase for legendary French actress Jeanne Moreau, it's a tour de force.
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Pretentious but gorgeously photographed.
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Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
You can forget about veracity, since this gauzy and sometimes dopey romanticization can't be trusted.
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Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
May worship heedlessly at Duras's memory, but it's a testament to Moreau alone.
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Moreau is magnetic as the wise-but-neurotic scribe, though the same can't be said of Demarigny, whose timid portrayal of a reverent fanboy sucks the energy out of most of his scenes. Dayan's direction is even more problematic.
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The New Republic by Stanley Kauffmann
Moreau's face is the base and the beauty of the film.
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The screenplay also fails to put the unconventional relationship into context. It never lets on that Andrea helped Duras produce some of her best work, including the autobiographical "The Lovers."