VTIFF Presents: Let the Sunshine In (Un beau soleil intérieur)
Host sponsor – Main Street Landing
Directed by Claire Denis
France | 2018 | Fiction | 94 min | French w/English subtitles
To read an interview with Claire Denis about the making of the film click HERE
Juliette Binoche delivers a luminous performance in the deliciously witty, sensuously romantic new film from acclaimed director Claire Denis (White Material). Isabelle (Binoche) is a divorced Parisian painter searching for another shot at love, but refusing to settle for the parade of all-too-flawed men who drift in and out of her life. There’s a caddish banker (Xavier Beauvois) who, like many of her lovers, happens to be married; a handsome actor (Nicolas Duvauchelle) who’s working through his own hang-ups; and a sensitive fellow artist (Alex Descas) who’s skittish about commitment. What reads like a standard romantic comedy premise is transformed, in the hands of master filmmaker Denis, into something altogether deeper, more poignant, and perceptive about the profound mysteries of love.
Claire Denis is arguably one of the most important filmmakers of the last 20 years. If you haven’t seen any of her previous films such as Beau Travail, 3 Bottles of Rum and many others, we urge you to try to catch up. It is her unique cinematic language, together with the superb cinematography of her long-time cinematographer Agnès Godard, that make her stand out among giants.