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Although the pleasures of the flesh are shown with enough erotic power to convince us of Hélène's addiction to them, the anonymity of the lead characters stops the film from truly gripping.
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CineVue by Christopher Machell
In sensual romantic drama Simple Passion, Lebanese-born director Danielle Arbid captures viscerally that peculiar detachment that comes from romantic and sexual infatuation.
60
An imperfect but glassily compelling study of obsessive, finally debilitating desire that honors its source with an unblinking female gaze.
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The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
Dosch brings a wonderful humanity and sensitivity to the role.
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The film’s about a chapter we prefer to get out of the way in adolescence; revisited as this kind of helpless mid-life crisis, it’s exquisite torture.