The Last Day

The Last Day

2004 · 105 min · FR · NR · 4.9 (23 votes)
Dir. Rodolphe Marconi · Starring Mélanie Laurent, Gaspard Ulliel, Nicole Garcia, Bruno Todeschini, Thibault Vinçon, Daniel Berlioux
Drama

At Christmas time, 19 year old Simon returns home to visit his dysfunctional family with Louise, a fearless girl he met during his train ride. While Simon struggles to cope with the growing distance between him and his parents, he starts to examine his feelings when Louise develop a liaison of her own with his childhood friend Mathieu.

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A quiet, simmering intensity pervades this character study. It feels like a long, dark night of the soul, where unspoken desires and familial tensions slowly coil and tighten, leading to an inevitable, uncomfortable release.

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