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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
You can't imagine a soapier setup, but Gilles' Wife taken on its own terms is a spectacular achievement, a heartbreaking cinematic work that finely balances melodrama, family love story and devastating tragedy. Read full review
Devos's performance is an expert workshop of internalized emotions and silent forbearance. Read full review
Told primarily via body language and facial expressions with a minimum of dialogue, beautifully observed, emotionally intense tale is an ambitious and rewarding outing for Frederic Fonteyne. Read full review
The ending is a stunner. Like those '30 classics it suggests, Gilles' Wife seduces us with true cinematic magic: rich characters, great acting and that rapturous old French blend of realism and theatricality. Read full review
An impeccable minimalist drama that's tailored specifically to Devos' expressive capabilities, which say more than the sparse dialogue. Read full review
Suffused with a painterly tenderness and cruelty, the French film Gilles' Wife - based on a 1937 Belgian novel by Madeleine Bourdouxhe - stars the extraordinary actress Emmanuelle Devos. Read full review
All but a silent movie, Frdric Fonteyne's strikingly atmospheric film - adapted by Philippe Blasband and Marion Hnsel from a 1937 novel - relies on the extraordinarily mobile face of Emmanuelle Devos to express the pain of a woman who has no language for her inner turmoil. Read full review
I was fascinated by the face of Emmanuelle Devos, and her face is specifically why I recommend the movie. Read full review
This is a lyrical art movie with admittedly limited commercial appeal, but worth seeing for cinematic explorers. Read full review
Has an appealing surface beauty, largely due to the talented cinematographer Virginie Saint Martin, and an equally shallow mystery. Read full review
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