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Ma Belle, My Beauty

2021

Marion Hill

Idella Johnson, Hannah Pepper-Cunningham, Lucien Guignard, Sivan Noam Shimon

5.3

240

Drama. Romance Newlywed musicians Bertie and Fred are adjusting to their new life in the beautiful countryside of France. It’s an easy transition for Fred, the son of French and Spanish parents, but New Orleans native Bertie grapples with a nagging depression that is affecting her singing. Lane—the quirky ex who disappeared from their three-way relationship years ago—suddenly shows up for a surprise visit, bringing new energy and baggage of her own.

	Media	Author	Review
		Lisa Kennedy Variety	"'Ma Belle, My Beauty' is lovely (...) With its sun-dappled days, attractive farmhouse, fetching characters and at-the-ready bottles of red wine, the movie hints at Luca Guadagnino’s vexed idylls"
		Jude Dry IndieWire	"[It] is visually ripe, but narratively lackluster (...) [It] flounders under the weight of romantic drama cliches, even as it valiantly seeks to upend others."
		Jason Bailey The Playlist	"It’s a deeply pleasurable experience, filled with luminous music and gorgeous views of the French countryside and beautiful people drinking wine in the sun"
		Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"[Its] easy access to the material’s profound emotional authenticity is sometimes hampered by writer-director-editor Marion Hill’s storytelling inexperience."
		Kristy Puchko rogerebert.com	"The screenplay tenderly unfurls a sophisticated story of love, never letting the characters to be cheaply defined as right, wrong, or two-dimensional"
		John Fink The Film Stage	"A nuanced and mature exploration of polyamory, desire, and heartbreak (...) It’s also often quite delightful and light"

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