Puede una película, del cine independiente, no tener escenas de sexo explícito o desnudez y aún así ser una excelente obra de arte? Definitivamente sí. Y ésta película es una prueba de lo que afirmo. Ésto es verdaderamente cine. Películas como éstas son las que me encantan!!! Para mí 99% de las escenas de desnudez y el 1000% de escenas de sexo explícito en películas del cine independiente son innecesarias.

This is a mystery film, a crime mystery as seen through the eyes of a local French doctor. We learn about various people in said doctors community and as pieces of said unknown girls story start to come together, we get an insight into her life, her situations. Its a somewhat gritty story and I certainly felt I could understand the main character, the doctor Jenny Davin, in feeling concern for this girls identity to be found, for her family to be made aware of whats happened, given she was very close nearby shortly before her death. I liked the plot pace, not too overly fast and hard to keep track of and yet not painstakingly slow to the point of utter boredom. I found myself wondering what potential secrets other locals may be keeping from her and I thought it was interesting, given she wasn't a police officer, seeing how people reacted to her questions, her curiosity to try and see what she could discover about the identity of the initially seemingly anonymous person. It is a somewhat sobering and thought provoking watch at times but I thought it was quite well made and I'd say its a good film, a good example of world cinema (its in French).

Very subdued performances. I would have liked more dialogue, or at least more facial expression, as the story supported a bit more from the actors than was given.

Dit verhaal had een spannende detective-thriller kunnen worden of een comediedrama, maar nu is het 3x niks.

This is one of the best movies I've ever seen. It captures what it means to be loving. At first, I didn't notice anything special as I watched. But then, I entered a higher realm, the realm of this movie in which the doctor is loving and compassionate. This movie gives a new view of life. I wish I could give it 1000 stars.

Petit film d'enquête et les risques de jouer au policier. mais divertit.

Le faltò algo para ser ser perfecta.

The latest piece by the Dardennes. In a classic wrapping, quite slow, down to earth and slowly opening up into a pretty big problem that need solving. This time there's a doctor that seems really devoted to her job. Constantly working, constantly trying to help out. When she decides to not open her office door after a knocking one hour after closing time, she is pretty issued by the result. It turns out that a woman is killed and she never let her in while she was searching for shelter. The story is slowly opened as many people are involved, most of them innocent but some people know something. It's not her job to find information, but she just can't help it. Good flick with a few Dardenne faces. It's always nice to search after a few faces that you simply know will appear. This is by no means the best effort from the brothers, but they simply cannot bring something poor to the table. They're classic presentation seem to work everytime and it works just fine this time too. 7 out of 10 hugs.

I've always felt that falling asleep while seeing a movie is an insult to the makers of the film in question. But, I couldn't help but do so. An uninteresting plot, mashed with meaningless scenes and lousy dialogue made me do it. The one saving grace is Haenel's performance, but aside from that, the movie is very melodramatic at times, the actors giving very emotional reactions when it's uncalled for, making the film feel, at times, like an accidental comedy.

As natural and engaging as ever.

Dr. Davin really wants to know the girl's name.

Characters all have unknown motivations for their actions and behavior

I found myself mostly drawn towards Adele Haenel's character of Jenny. The focus on her sharpened the focus on the main theme of the film. I also liked the very naturalistic style in which there the 'soundtrack' is mostly provided by the traffic of Liege. Not a great film but well worth watching.

the main character acts in a very stupid way. Not realistic at all. A lot of the dialogue is laughable (after a guy tries to hang himself he is asked if his neck hurts!).

TIFF 2016 Film #15 It's fine