The Truth

The Truth

This French film, spoken mostly in French by actors who do not speak Japanese was written and directed by Hirokazu Koreeda who can only speak Japanese. And yet, the result is a film that feels authentic and nuanced.

The title references a continuous theme throughout the movie, specifically, the lack of the truth.

Fabienne (Catherine Deneuve) a legend of the cinema and utter narcissist with no filter, has just completed a memoir in which she has taken liberties with the facts. Her daughter, Lumir (Juliette Binoche), a screenwriter, returns to Paris from New York to be with her mother for the book launch. Lumir is accompanied by her husband, Hank (Ethan Hawke), an out of work actor, and 8-year-old daughter Charlotte (Clémentine Grenier). While Charlotte is enchanted by her grandmother, Hank is subjected to insensitive barbs and Lumir feels the resurgence of resentment from her upbringing. It’s a comic drama, with Deneuve in fine she-devil form.

★★★ ½

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Reviewed by Rita Bratovich

 

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