I’ve Loved You So Long (2008) PG-13

Kristin Scott Thomas gives an inspired performance in I’ve Loved You So Long, a French language film about a woman’s release from prison. The story of why she was in prison unfolds rather slowly throughout the film as she resumes her life and her relationship with her sister. The film is a modest, subtle character study and the value of most of it is in Thomas’ handling of the role.

Just a side note: I wondered about the title…it didn’t seem to fit. And found that the phrase doesn’t translate very well (original title = Il y a longtemps que je t’aime) but is a line of a French folk song that two sisters played as a piano duet.

In French with English subtitles.