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Private Property

Nue propriété

2006

Joachim Lafosse

Isabelle Huppert, Jérémie Rénier, Yannick Renier, Kris Cuppens ...

6.5

436

Drama When they're about to put the family property on the market, young adult twin boys discover the real nature of the ties that bind them. The relation between the boys and their divorced mother is damaged, but not to the point of rupture. There is a lot of tension and the sons, jealous and suspicious, don't want their mother to go on with the sale. This urges her to leave the property, a desperate remedy backed by her lover. Her absence ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"There's not a wasted word and the performances are impressive in Joachim Lafosse's hugely impressive film (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"What draws us into 'Private Property' is how so many things happen under the surface, never commented upon (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"The beauty of this admirably modest and emotionally true film is that, no matter how profound the cruelty, Mr. Lafosse and his actors never let us forget the love"	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"[Huppert] she keeps the story at a human level, preventing it from becoming some stale and intellectual homily about female emancipation (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Intense and very involving drama (...) [with] a restrained performance by Isabelle Huppert (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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