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- 2023
- Amazon Instant Video
- 1 h 47 m
- 2023
- Amazon Instant Video
- 1 h 47 m
Summary Gabriel, a 30-year-old French war reporter who was taken to hostage in Syria, heads to India after months in captivity.
Directed By: Mia Hansen-Løve
Written By: Mia Hansen-Løve
- 2023
- Amazon Instant Video
- 1 h 47 m
- 2023
- Amazon Instant Video
- 1 h 47 m
Maya
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4.0
Summary Gabriel, a 30-year-old French war reporter who was taken to hostage in Syria, heads to India after months in captivity.
Directed By: Mia Hansen-Løve
Written By: Mia Hansen-Løve
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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70% Positive
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7 Reviews
30% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
62
70% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
In some ways, it’s the softest and most subtle of her six features. In others, it’s the most violent and stubborn of the lot, stunted in many of the same places where her previous stuff flowed like river water. But if Maya isn’t the best of Mia Hansen-Løve’s films, there’s a wayward urgency to the whole thing that makes it feel like it might have been a necessary one for her to make.
As much as her camera patiently and sensitively observes Gabriel and Maya, they still feel a bit distant, their unspoken hopes and fears just out of reach — for us and perhaps for them, too.
The result is a drama whose emotional charge is a tad more subdued than usual, even if there are several grace notes throughout.
Hansen-Løve is undoubtedly aided by the soulful performances she draws from her two leading actors. Banerjee, in her first on-screen appearance, both dazzles and delights with an effortless charm. But it's Kolinka, making his third and most substantial collaboration with the director, who leaves the lasting impression.
The film’s intimacy is as precise as its intellect is vague.
This is the first stumble in Hansen-Løve’s hitherto impressive filmography — the kind of directorial misstep that at least makes it clear how deft her footwork usually is.
Hansen-Love’s ability to evoke the unspoken remains in full play as she returns to themes of young love and emotional crisis, but much of the film is in English and both dialogue and delivery feel stilted. Meanwhile, it’s never clear why being the object of a youthful crush might be a good cure for PTSD.
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Production Company
Les Films Pelléas,
Razor Film Produktion GmbH,
Arte France Cinéma,
ZDF/Arte,
Orange Studio,
Sofinergie 5 FCM,
Dauphin Films,
Pio & Co,
ARTE,
Canal+,
Ciné+,
CN6 Productions,
Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA),
Cinémage 12,
Cinémage 12 Développement,
Imaginarium Films,
Jouror Productions,
Les Films du Losange,
MEDIA Programme of the European Union,
The Imaginarium
Release Date May 5, 2023
Duration 1 h 47 m
Awards
Seville European Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Göteborg Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
