The Truth

A lovely story that somehow feels fresh even though its basically a French All About Eve. The cast are wonderful and such talented actors that the film takes on a meta quality as they act out being normal people on a movie set.

This is a fairly subtle film, which I found (I feel bad for saying this) somewhat dull in parts. I tend to like a good family drama but this film felt a little bit long drawn out and while some secrets told were interesting, it didn't grab my attention for long really, although I suppose it is somewhat thought provoking. The cast do give good performances and I like some of the camerawork. I thought it was ironic seeing the scenes where the mum is acting on set, with actors playing her family, knowing her real relatives were nearby and wondering things. Overall I'd say this is an ok film but not one I'd actively recommend, no.

The film that, finally, made me connect one hundred with the cinema of the Japanese Koreeda, The truth remains a deep, beautiful and conciliatory meditation on motherhood, family and the traumas of the past. Its cast could not be better, with performances so natural that it could well be the recording of a family reunion in which the complexity of the protagonists is finally revealed and forgiveness arrives.

Excellent casting. The duos between Denueve and Binoche are something to admire.

Undemanding family drama is amusing for having Ethan Hawke play the helpless bystander to a feud between the titans Deneuve and Binoche.

A great example where a good story is elevated by the level of acting and Deneuve is inspired to higher heights as a result; bravo to casting Binoche to raise the stakes

Had no idea almost all of the movie was in French: expected some but come on, it has Ethan Hawks in it! Disappointed

Superb performances by Deneuve and Binoche as an estranged mother and daughter trying to sort through their issues before it is too late. I wondered if the dead character Sarah was supposed to evoke Deneuve's late sister Francoise Dorleac.

put title in french or its false advertising

Apacible y disfrutable.