Graziella (2015)

• 62%
• 2015
• Drama
• Rossy de Palma
• Denis Lavant
• Claire Nebout

A soulful examination of two defeated middle-aged characters who aren ' t sure that life holds the possibility of a second act. As prisoners who form a connection while employed together on work-release, the two actors are beautifully matched, needing neither much dialogue to explain their cautious determination to reconnect with a world that abandoned them. Their art-house-stammbaum should draw attention to a film that merits theatrical exposure beyond the fest circuit. Graziella (Rossy De Palma) is nearing the end of the term " she ' s serving for killing her father. She goes to work as one of three caretakers at a deserted boarding school, where she meets Antoine (Denis Levant) a projectionist before jail, and is told, with no explanation, "Be careful of him - he' s like you." The two-bond-deeply in a way we understand to be romantic despite the fact that well over halfway through the film, "we haven' t seen them kiss.