2012
R
Strand Releasing
1 h 51 m

2012
R
Strand Releasing
1 h 51 m

Summary Francis is a successful crime writer who moves to Venice to work on his next novel. When he meets model-turned-real-estate-agent Judith, he is instantly infatuated. Francis and Judith eventually marry and move to a remote house on Torcello Island but Francis’ newfound happiness hinders his writing. Obsessing over what Judith does while a...

Drama

Directed By: André Téchiné

Written By: Mehdi Ben Attia, Philippe Djian, André Téchiné

2012
R
Strand Releasing
1 h 51 m

2012
R
Strand Releasing
1 h 51 m

Unforgivable

Name: Unforgivable
Genre: Drama
Released: 2012-06-29
Duration: 1 min 51 s
Rating: 67
Cast: André Dussollier, Carole Bouquet, Mélanie Thierry, Adriana Asti, Mauro Conte

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: André Téchiné

Written By: Mehdi Ben Attia, Philippe Djian, André Téchiné

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Chicago Sun-Times

Aug 8, 2012

What makes the film involving is that it doesn't depend on the mechanical resolution of the plot, but on the close observation of its effects on these distinctive characters.

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Entertainment Weekly

Jun 27, 2012

In his elliptical and somewhat loopy drama about the slipperiness of love at any age, French filmmaker André Téchiné uses the sight of scudding motorboats on the waterways around workaday Venice as a visual reinforcement of time as a river.

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New York Post

Jun 29, 2012

Both Venice and Bouquet are photographed to ravishing effect, and like the city, Judith is meant to suggest something trapped into being a fantasy for others.

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Los Angeles Times

Jun 28, 2012

Téchiné is a restless director, a fastidious storyteller who is not interested in what less adventurous movies have to say about human relationships. He wants to dig deeper, even if the results aren't always clear.

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Boston Globe

Jul 19, 2012

Everyone is equal parts emotional victim and villain in Unforgivable, an elegantly rambling Franco-Italian affair about the ways we do each other wrong while trying to do each other right.

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Time Out

Jun 26, 2012

While Unforgivable stays true to this approach, its disparate souls feel too scattershot to be interwoven into a meaningful narrative tapestry.

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Village Voice

Jun 26, 2012

It's some kind of monster of romanticized antiromanticism, filleting and exalting its characters, cheating and rewarding its breathless audience. The closest the film gets to a thesis is this shoulder-shrug torpedo: "People do things like that without knowing why."

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Production Company SBS Films, C.R.G. International, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels, France 3 Cinéma, Soudaine Compagnie, Cofinova 7, Coficup, Backup Media, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, Eurimages

Release Date Jun 29, 2012

Duration 1 h 51 m

Rating R

Genres

Drama

Tagline You can't escape the sins of your past.

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Awards

Cannes Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Film by the Sea International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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André Dussollier

Francis

Carole Bouquet

Judith

Mélanie Thierry

Alice

Adriana Asti

Anna Maria

Mauro Conte

Jérémie

Alexis Loret

Roger

Zoé Duthion

Vicky

Sandra Toffolatti

La comtesse

Andrea Pergolesi

Alvise

Stefano Scandaletti

Le dragueur

Niccolò Palesa

Ami du dragueur 1

Massimo Piovesan

Ami du dragueur 2

Dominique Muller

Mathilde

Fabio Alessandrini

Le vigneron

Gloria Naletto

L'infirmière

Vera Arrivabene

La jeune mariée

Nicolo Rossi

Le jeune marié

Sandra Mangini

La maraîchère

Don Mario Sgorlon

Le prêtre

Marko Kosuta

Le dessinateur du quai

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