26/13
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It follows Cécile, a young woman spending the summer at a villa in the south of France with her widowed father Raymond and his latest love interest, Elsa. Theirs is a compatibility lived out in a world of tranquility and languor. I give it two stars only for the gorgeous cinematography and soundtrack. The rest sounds like characters from one of those stupid American sitcoms trying to catch up to French sophistication. All that comes out is that eternally weary and entitled tone that permeates the aforementioned films. Like Britney Spears reading Francoise Sagan. I’m not even a huge fan of French cinema, so this isn’t a jealous defense, but simply conveying the pain of having been through this. The ending is particularly clunky, missing the chance for at least some mysticism. Chloe Sevigny is one of the worst actresses ever.