Simple Passion
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1h 38m
Directed by Danielle Arbid | 99 mins | 2020
To make an adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s 1992 auto fictional novel of the same name—exploring the author’s year-long obsession with a younger Russian diplomat—that is as bold and bracing as the source material is no mean feat. Putin-loving Ukranian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin’s restrained performance in the role of lust object is complemented by the voluminous nuance of Laetitia Dosch as Ernaux’s stand-in.
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